Michael Strassner is an actor and writer, known for Young Rock (2021), Modern Family (2009) and A Spy Movie (2021).
Michael is an actor and musician living in Los Angeles, California. Michael has a wide array of performance experiences in film, theater, and music. Notable films include "Shrine," "The Possession of Hannah Grace," and "Easy A." He is a proud alumnus of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City, the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Hollywood Fringe Festival and regional theaters around the country. Originally from New York, Michael got his start performing in musical theater at a young age and continues to perform musicals, improvisation, comedy, and drama on stage and screen. Michael is a skilled musician and vocalist. When he is not acting Michael plays with his band, Terrible Child. They perform around Los Angeles at popular venues like The Hotel Cafe, Madame Siam, and The Viper Room.
Michael Philip Strickland was born August 17th, 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Graduate with honors from the Vancouver Film School in 2014, Michael is most well known for his role as Umarak the hunter in Lego Bionicle: The Journey to one. Michael resides in Winnipeg, MB and is the founder of The Winnipeg Actors Academy.
Michael started auditioning when he was almost four years old and he booked his first role in a commercial right away. More bookings followed and he's been acting ever since, appearing in numerous commercials in Canada and US and movies such as "While She Was Out" with Kim Besinger, "Storm Seekers" where he had a principal role, and the series "The Assistants" and "Reaper". Michael's credits also include voiceover work for "Sesame Street Workshop" and "L: Change the World". In 2009, Michael starred in the Hallmark Channel movie "Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle" where he played a lead role and had the opportunity to work with actress Doris Roberts and actor James Van Der Beek. One of Michael's accomplishments is a guest starring role in the Christmas special episode of the TV Series "Mr. Young" ("Mr. Elf" episode). Michael also had a co-starring role in the TV Series "Fringe" ("The Abducted" episode), "Once Upon a Time" ("That Still Small Voice" episode) and a lead role in the Animation Promo "Sara Solves It". This math and mystery pilot has been picked up by Amazon Studios to be shown on Prime Instant Video and Amazon Instant Video for the public to vote on and give feedback.
Michael Stuart is known for About My Father (2023), Keys to the City (2019) and Your Worst Nightmare (2014).
Michael Stewart Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California. He attended UCLA, and then The Juilliard School in New York City, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. His other studies included time at the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Baliol and Keble Colleges at Oxford, and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in London, and at Northwestern University's National High School Institute "Cherub" Program . While at UCLA, he was awarded a scholarship to study with Marcel Marceau. During the 1990s and most of the 2000s, Stuhlbarg was primarily a theatrical actor, working on Broadway in such productions as Cabaret, Taking Sides, Saint Joan, The Government Inspector, and The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, which earned him a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and his first nomination for a Tony Award. His numerous Off-Broadway credits include the title roles in Hamlet and Richard II with the New York Shakespeare Festival, and David Mamet's adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance, which earned him an OBIE. Stuhlbarg's first major film role was as Laurence Gopnik in Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination. His first major television role came in HBO and Martin Scorsese's period drama series, Boardwalk Empire, in which he was cast as the organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein. Most recently, he appeared in the highly acclaimed FX series Fargo, and will be seen in 2018 in The Looming Tower on Hulu. Stuhlbarg has continued to appear regularly in a number of high-profile films in recent years, including: Arrival, Steve Jobs, Blue Jasmine, Hugo, Seven Psychopaths, Men In Black III, Trumbo, Lincoln, Miss Sloane, Doctor Strange, Miles Ahead, and Pawn Sacrifice to name a few. This season he is appearing in three films: Luca Guadinino and James Ivory's Call Me By Your Name, Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, and Steven Spielberg's The Post.
Michael Sturgis is an actor and writer, known for Call Me Kat (2021), Room 104 (2017) and Every Other Week (2021).
Michael Su was born on December 10, 1967 in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pool Boy Nightmare (2020), Bloodthirst (2022) and Numbers (2022).
Michael Sucsy is a Golden Globe, Emmy, and PGA Award-winning film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for creating "Grey Gardens" (HBO) in which he directed Jessica Lange to a Best Actress Emmy Award and Drew Barrymore to a Best Actress Golden Globe and SAG Award. Sucsy was raised in New York and New England and graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service where he studied International Relations. He gained extensive production experience prior to attending grad school working on numerous films, television shows and commercials. After earning a Masters of Fine Arts in film from the Art Center College of Design, Sucsy began directing commercials and was nominated for the Young Director of the Year Award given in conjunction with the 2002 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. For his directing debut Sucsy won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for best picture and was nominated for the WGA Award and the DGA Award. In total, Sucsy's Grey Gardens won 2 Golden Globes and 6 Emmys having garnered a record 17 Emmy nominations. The film also won top awards from the Producers Guild of America, American Cinema Editors, Art Directors Guild, Cinema Audio Society, Costume Designers Guild, and Casting Society of America. Sucsy followed up the success of his first film with "The Vow" (Sony), starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, which had a $42MM opening weekend and went onto gross $200MM worldwide. Sucsy resides in Los Angeles with his husband, Demitri Sgourakis.