Michael was born in Southfield, MI and raised in Albuquerque, NM. As a small child he had a great affinity for cinema and the prestige that is acting. Though discouraged in his youth, he is finding the path he has for so long desired toward an acting career. Still a resident of Albuquerque, with the unfaltering encouragement of his wife Stephanie Taylor, he has found his first steps as an upcoming actor in such productions as NBC Universal's Fatal Encounters, Marvel Studio's: The Avengers and Disney Studio's: The Lone Ranger.