Secrets of Casanova (Michaels) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—June 27, 1948
• Where—Texas, USA
• Education—B.A., University of Texas, Austin
• Currently—lives on the West Coast, USA


After Greg Michaels received his BA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, a chance experience thrust him into a career as a professional actor and fight director. To date he's acted in fifty theater productions, more than forty television shows, and choreographed dozens of fights for stage and screen. In The Secrets of Casanova, Greg again proves his skill at telling a theatrical story. He lives with his wife, two sons, and Andy the hamster.

In his words:
If your scrapbook includes a souvenir photo of a hairy barbarian from Universal Studios Hollywood, there's a good chance that I'm the hairy barbarian in the photo. I performed the role of swordsman Kobad Shah in the live stunt show, "Conan the Barbarian: A Sword & Sorcery Spectacular." Wielding a broadsword in each hand, I fought to the death over 5,000 times—always to my death, never the big guy's.

Yep, I've been an actor my whole adult life. I've lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles and parts in between, performing mostly in theater and television. Onstage I've pleased audiences in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac, been booed as the bad guy, Teddy, in When Ya Comin' Back, Red Ryder? I brought audiences to tears in The Cherry Orchard, and playing Custer's Native American scout, Bloody Knife, was a personal triumph.

As for TV, I've acted in nearly 40 productions—from the silly to the significant, including The Dukes of Hazzard, X-Files, and Amber's Story. If you were a viewer of General Hospital many years ago, you might have seen my characterization of Van (the villain). (From the author.)

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