Michael trained at John Moores University and Hope St, both in Liverpool.

Michael's experience in theatre is wide and varied and includes Great Expectations (Derby Theatre); The Railway Children, The Legend of King Arthur, Two Planks and a Passion, My Family and Other Animals, The Wind in the Willows and See How They Run (York Theatre Royal); Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella (Hull Truck); Fungus the Bogeyman and The Twits (Pilot Theatre); Pinnochio (The Dukes, Lancaster); Thieves Carnival (Watermill Theatre); The Latke who Couldn't Stop Screaming and The Gruffalo (Tall Stories);  The Tempest (The Flanagan Collective); Peasouper (Rejects Revenge); The Great Gatsby (Guild of Misrule); A Sentimental Journey and Three Last Letters (Open Work Ensemble); Sweeney Todd (Finger in the Pie); Taming of the Shrew (Oddsocks); Goldilocks (Georgian Theatre, Richmond); Alice in Wonderland (Library Theatre, Darwen); Grimms Fairy Tales (Unity Theatre, Liverpool); When We Lived in Uncles Hat (Tutti Frutti)

For Television he has appeared in In the Dark for the BBC. As a variety of characters on both Ye Olde Dragons Den and CBBC's Morning shows  and in the comedy favourite Chucklevision.
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He was part of the Oscar nominated short film Cashback, as well as the feature version of the same title. He has appeared in numerous advertisements both in the UK and Europe.