Michael Hearn began acting at the age of 8 working in television as a series regular on the CTV children's show, "Let's Go!" (nominated by ACTRA for Best Children's Show in 1979). He also starred in the CBC television series, "Brown Paper Bag", and performed in the Rainbow Stage musical productions of "Oliver...
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Michael Hearn began acting at the age of 8 working in television as a series regular on the CTV children's show, "Let's Go!" (nominated by ACTRA for Best Children's Show in 1979). He also starred in the CBC television series, "Brown Paper Bag", and performed in the Rainbow Stage musical productions of "Oliver", "The King and I", "Fiddler On The Roof" and "Student Prince" in Winnipeg. Moving to Toronto in 1985, Michael continued his career as a commercial actor and eventually headed to Los Angeles where he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, earning the prestigious Hume Cronyn Scholarship. There he appeared alongside Paul Rudd and Lex Medlin in the West Coast Premiere of "Road". He also appeared with Scott Michael Campbell in "Chekov In Yalta", and at the Tiffany Theater's highly acclaimed production of "Dracula Tyrannus", directed by Jules Aaron and starring Al Sapienza and Robert Miano. After continuing studies with the late Shelley Winters, Michael continued to work in commercials and short films, such as "Touched By A Burger" by Venezuelan director, Henry Rivero, which was well received at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. He also went on to appear in episodes of NBC's "Will and Grace" and the hit CBS show, "Judging Amy". Michael is also an accomplished singer / songwriter, and performed on a regular basis around Los Angeles and Hollywood for more than 10 years. Since returning to Canada in 2011 he has appeared in, "A Nanny's Revenge", directed by Curtis Crawford, the new hybrid children's series, "Walter 100%", and "Red 2" starring Bruce Willis and Anthony Hopkins. He can also be seen in the upcoming Sony television drama, "The Art of More" with Kate Bosworth, ABC's "Quantico", and Montreal's hit drama, "19-2".
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