Michael Joseph Thomas Ward

6’ 0” Blue eyes, auburn hair

SAG / AFTRA / AEA

BACKGROUND: Roots in theatre. Hundreds of performances, in dozens of plays, in roles ranging from Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire; Dodge in Buried Child; Astrov in Uncle Vanya and Rick in The Nerd. For a more complete list of theatre credits, click here. Also a stand-up comic; host/MC; trade show presenter and PA announcer.

COMMERCIALS*: Include on-camera and voice-overs for: Bates USA; Caldwell-Van Riper; Costello/Nardecchia; D’Arcy, Masius, Benton & Bowles; Ferrell Calvillo; Flynn-Sabatino & Day; Freedman, Gibson & White; J. Walter Thompson; Liaison Marketing; Mann-Bukvic; Marcus Advertising; SIVE/ Young & Rubicam.

NON-BROADCAST*: Include on-camera and voice-overs for: American Medical Association; AT&T;
Ceiba-Geigy; Grange Insurance; Hewlett-Packard; Mead Data Central; Motorola; NCR; Proctor&Gamble; Ross Labs; South-Western Publishing; University of Cincinnati; Warner Cable.

TV & FILM*: Principal/Day Player roles: Phil in The Beekeeper, a Sean J. S. Jourdan Film; Principal Geibel in Graduation, Jason Blum, Fred Fuchs, Jeffrey Korchek, Executive Producers; Meg's Father in Blue Car, Miramax / Peer Oppenheimer Productions; Handwriting expert in NBC’s,Unsolved Mysteries, Cosgrove-Meurer; Darya’s father in By Candlelight, Pigtail Productions; Betting window clerk in April’s Fool, Seven Hill’s Productions; Don in On The Line, a Mike Riegel film; Tattoo Boy's father in Tattoo Boy, Oregon Productions.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES*: Ear prompter; Athletic; Character Voices; Writer; Great with children and animals; Can drive manual transmission; Can crack a whip and balance my checkbook.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT*: B.S. Preprofessional Studies, University of Notre Dame Stage Acting: Bob Mason, John Swanbeck; D. Lynn Meyers; Laura Fine; Dale Hodges, Mark Olsen Improv: Keith Johnstone, Buz Davis Voice-over: Marice Tobias; Tom Ciappa; Sherri Berger; Nancy Scanlon, Hannah Buchanan TV and Commercial Acting: Dewey Hawthorne, Claire Slemmer Voice (Singing): John Komasa, Mary Alexander; Diane Haslam Dance: Tim Miracle.

*partial list

DEMO TAPES: Click here to hear the on-line samples, Or click here to request a tape or video.