Michael is best known for his role as Steve in 1446: An Eternal Moment and the butler in the ConfidencemanJP drama and subsequent movies. Born in Syracuse, NY, Michael has lived in America, Italy, Korea, and Japan, where he has called home since 2006. Michael is an actor, writer, model and TV personality who also owns a large organic farm where he grows over 250 varieties of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, wild edibles, and also keeps bees. Michael has a passion for food and learned the culinary arts from his father from childhood. His skills as a chef have helped him land various live cooking programs. Michael's hobbies and passions consist of photography, travel, writing, painting, carpentry, sewing, hiking, climbing, surfing, SUP, wake-boarding, scuba diving, skin diving, fishing, sailing, kayaking, yoga, break-dancing, snowboarding, and he jogs 10K every day of the year.