Best known for comedy and Shakespeare, Michael Faulkner is a prolific legit stage actor who has played regional theaters all across the country and toured theaters all over the world with sketch comedy troupe "The Reduced Shakespeare Company." He is a graduate of the Second City Training Center and has appeared on stage at IO West. Since his first professional appearance at age 14 in the summer season at Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival (formerly SSC), he has also tackled many classic Shakespearean clowns at Classical theaters throughout California. This has not stopped him, however, from appearing in many, many television commercials, an industry in which he is a known commodity and a proven professional that can get the job done quickly.A musician as well as an actor, Michael performs classic swing and country western music as one-half of the musical duo, "Music To Remember." He was formerly the singer in a ska band and drummer for two different acid jazz / funk bands. He occasionally releases new solo material via the web.