Michael John Innes was born in Christchurch in 1953 and became Mick Innes when he moved to Australia 20 years later. With a career spanning 3 decades in film, television and theatre, Mick is a veteran actor, with countless roles in New Zealand and Australia, including Bootmen, Home and Away and Echo Point in Australia and NZ's Hounds, Sunny Skies, Super City and Shortland St. He also performed in several theatre productions in both countries. Mick turned 60 in 2013 and to celebrate he co-created the solo performance ZEN DOG: Hazy Recollections From The Life of Mick Innes - a series of raw confessions, looking back into his life as an actor, as someone who is not afraid to expose himself - what you see is what you get.