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South African born actor, Sean Cameron Michael, has performed in over 30 theatre productions and 40 television and film productions in his home country over the past 25 years. He first caught the local public eye in Regardt van den Bergh's multi- award winning feature, The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993), as the disciple Thomas. This was followed by a recurring role in Mnet's daily "Egoli: Place of Gold" (1991), as drug dealer Brett. He next played the leading role of Miles Stuart in the South African version of the controversial UK cult adult drama "This Life" (2004) which screened for a year on SABC3. In 2006 Michael again teamed up with director Regardt van den Bergh, this time to play the support lead of Fergus Buchan in Faith Like Potatoes (2006). Years later, this feature is still winning award s around the world. He returned to local TV screens in 2008 as Mr Muller in Mnet's dramatic mini-series, "Ella Blue" (2008), for director Darrell James Roodt. Since then, other notable local appearances have been in Themba (2010), Confessions of a Gambler (2007) and Cape of Good Hope (2004). Internationally, Michael was first seen back in 1997 in the popular US TV series, "The Adventures of Sinbad" (1996), as Young Timur. He then played a number of cameo roles in British and American TV series and features, including "CI5: The New Professionals" (1998), Ernest in the Army (1998), Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV), Shark Attack 2 (2000) (V), Pirates of the Plain (1999), Blast (2004) and "Charlie Jade" (2005). In 2005 Sean landed the support lead role of Don Beatty in the Emmy winning sci-fi mini-series, "The Triangle" (2005) (opposite Eric Stolz, Bruce Davison and Sam Neill). 2008 was a bumper year for Sean internationally, playing the title role in Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) (V); psychotic Cockney mutineer, Nolan Moore, in NBC's "Crusoe" (2008); and as French United Nations worker, Charles Solenz, in Fox's multi Emmy and Golden Globe winning feature 24 (2008) (TV) (opposite Jon Voight, Kiefer Sutherland and Robert Carlyle). Over 12 million viewers tuned into FOX for the film premier. Adam Buckman from the NY Post was quoted as saying that 24 had found a new villain in Africa and that Michael's character was "possibly the most spineless, loathsome character ever created for the series." This was followed by Natalee Holloway (2009) (TV) for Sony Pictures, "Special Forces Heroes" (2008) for the BBC, Albert Schweitzer (2009) for Warner Bros (opposite Jeroen Krabbe and Barbara Hershey) and "Outcasts" (2010) for BBC America. Recent international releases include Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010) (V) (Warner Bros), "Get Out Alive" (2010) (Discovery), the major CGI fantasy TV special Mermaids: The Body Found (2011) (TV) for Animal Planet and "America: The Story of Us" (2010) as Thomas Edison (scoring the highest viewership ratings in network TV history for the History Channel.) Michael was recently seen playing ruthless attorney Peter Gardner in The Final Verdict on South African television, while internationally he appeared in "Beaver Falls" (2011) for the BBC and "Infested!" (2011) for Animal Planet. He recently provided the voice for the Landlord in Universal's Safe House (2012) (opposite Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds) and has just wrapped on "The Great British Story" for the BBC. Sean is currently shooting Death Race: Inferno (2012) for Universal and is attached to play leading roles in "A Tin of Paint" for director Roy Zetisky (recently presented at Cannes) and "Vinegar Blues" and "Black Jesus" for director Glenn Grant.
Was recently voted "Hottie of the Day" by listeners on 5FM Radio, South Africa. Has featured on billboards throughout South Africa as Miles in SABC3's This Life.Was considered for a supporting role in "Beyond Borders" with Angelina Jolie.Was considered for a supporting role in "Mercenary" with Steven Seagal.Was William H. Macy's personal stand-in and photo double on "The Deal".Was considered for a supporting role in "Starship Troopers 3".Did all his own stunts (including hand-to-hand combat, fighting and jumping off trains) in Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls.Was considered for a role in Dredd (2012).Was considered for a role in Chronicle (2012/I).Was considered for a role in Labyrinth (2012).