Michael Templeton was born in Bakersfield, California and raised in Long Beach. He is the son of Clayton Templeton an oil company executive, and Wilma Templeton, a house wife. He is of English and French descent. His family is related to former President Herbert Hoover, Dr. William Champlin, who served in the post civil war Mississippi legislature, explorer Samuel de Champlain and actor Sidney Toler. Following a career as a Manager and Administrator for a State of California tax agency, he began his acting career playing a District Attorney in two episodes of Dexter: Our Father (2008). Other roles followed in TV, films, commercials and print. He is a graduate of California State University Long Beach. Show less «