Michael Joseph DiBenedetto Jr.

Michael Joseph DiBenedetto Jr.

Height: 197 cm
Born, February 25, 1992 in Winston Salem North Carolina to Michael Sr. & Rosanne, who quickly moved to New Jersey to raise Michael Jr. Growing up Michael played football all the way up until college where his dream was to play college football and hopefully take it to the next level. Michael wasn't sure where he wanted to attend college le... Show more »
Born, February 25, 1992 in Winston Salem North Carolina to Michael Sr. & Rosanne, who quickly moved to New Jersey to raise Michael Jr. Growing up Michael played football all the way up until college where his dream was to play college football and hopefully take it to the next level. Michael wasn't sure where he wanted to attend college let alone where he would get accepted so he applied to every college in the state of New Jersey that had a football team. Surprisingly, to Michael, he got accepted to every school that he applied to. Still, not having a clue where he wanted to attend. The last letter of acceptance to come in the mail was from Rowan University. Having to make which was at the time the biggest decision of his, Michael decided to attend Rowan University. He didn't really know anything about Rowan University but something in his gut told him to go there, so he did. His freshman year he tried out for the football team. Unfortunately, being a late bloomer, Michael didn't have the experience, skill-set, or size to compete at the collegiate level and he didn't make the team. Having his dream crushed, Michael, surprisingly wasn't too disappointed. It was a long shot for Michaels dreams to come true due to only playing high school football for one year, his senior year and also suffering bilateral knee compilations his entire life. Focused on his academics, Michael graduated from Rowan University in 2016 with his bachelors in Health & Exercise Science.Post college, Michael needed a change in his life so he decided to drop everything and move to Las Vegas Nevada. Michael booked a one way ticket with nothing besides the clothes on his back and his cat, Riley and he was off to start the next chapter in his life in Vegas. As you can imagine, Michael had the time of his life in Vegas, but he needed to figure out what he wanted out of his life, career wise. After living in Vegas for a year, Michael decided that he wanted to pursue a career in acting. Michael had full intentions to move to Los Angeles California from Vegas but after carefully thinking it over he decided the best decision for him at the time was to pursue acting in New York City.After moving to New York, Michael landed his first gig in September 2019 in a Peloton commercial. From there, in just a few months, Michael achieved his first goal becoming SAG eligible in January 2020 which is when he joined the Screen Actors Guild. Being new to the industry, Michael knows how hard the industry is and what he has to do to work his way up. In his short time, Michael has been doing background and featured work where he has gotten some decent exposure. Having the personality that he has, on top of his appearance, the 6'5" 250lb actor has the ability to make a name for himself so keep an eye out for this upcoming actor. Show less «
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