Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, and after a professional theater career Michael relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 to pursue his acting career. Michael began his LA career as one half of the comedy duo of Licassi and Siegel. They were regulars at the Comedy Store and performed in over 40 TV shows worldwide over a 13 year period. This led to gaining acting roles on Santa Barbara (1989), and Thirtysomething (1991) as well as the cult classic Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988). He moved to the UK in 1998 and took a 13 year hiatus from acting/performing to spend time with his 2 daughters and his son. Michael has now established himself in the UK Film, TV and Theatre industry performing in numerous commercials, plays and roles in Coronation Street (2014), Episodes (2015) and in the acclaimed documentary "The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women" (2013)