Was born and raised in Hamburg. He discovered his interest for acting with the age of 10. After school he moved to Berlin to professionalize his talent and went to the well known Universität der Künste Berlin to study acting. Before he graduated in 2008 he played a young officer in the Hollywood production Valkyrie directed by Brian Singer. Michael played in several international Movies and in a lot of German television productions Wilsberg, Spreewaldkrimi, also the award wining TV features like Der Fall Barschel or Die Wölfe.

Since 2013 he joined the other side of filmmaking too and began producing Independent Films like Cord or the comedy series FÜR UMME on Amazon Prime.