Michael was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended McGill University in Montreal. Shortly after graduating from McGill, Michael was accepted into the prestigious MFA Actors Studio program at Pace University in New York City. Although a very difficult decision, Michael decided to defer the acceptance and focus on working professionally in Canada. You can see Michael in television shows such as Hemlock Grove and Second Chance, and movies such as Guidance (2014) and Atom Egoyan's Remember.