Michael Paul honed his craft touring with such names as James Brown, Lisa Lampanelli, Wynonna, Joan Rivers and Don Rickles.  A headliner in over 40 countries,  television credits on The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, America’s Got Talent & Youtube videos hitting over 20 million, he was honored to have an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, voted Atlantic City Magazine’s “Act of the Year,” and receiving the Medal of Appreciation from the Air Force Secret Service, Navy and Nasa.

Acting roles in “27 Dresses” opposite Katherine Heigl, “The Ten” co-starring with Winona Ryder &  Paul Rudd,  “The Ventriloquist” with Kevin Spacey, Star Trek: Picard and numerous commercial campaigns.

Through a puppeeteering/FX/voice over work, Michael lent his voice or hands to Pixar, Cartoon Network, Jim Henson Productions and Disney and is well known for creating branded puppet characters including, “Nadia Coma: The World’s Oldest Gymnast” and MTV‘s “CJ and Peanut“ as well as training casts of “The Lion King” and “Avenue Q”.

Michael’s published works include comedic editorials for USA Today, Huffington Post, LaughSpin and his all-star book “Breaking Out of Show Business: What I Discovered by Not Being Discovered” (by Post Hill Publishing) can be found at numerous book outlets, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Behind the scenes, he provides script coverage/directing for Netflix, ABC Digital, The Disney Channel, CBS Comedy Division, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Hudson, Tiffany Haddish,  Bill Maher, the Comedy Central Roasts and he has taught at UCLA, NYC, PACE, SAG-AFTRA’s Master Class and at the Eugene O’Neil Conference.

Literary, Directing, Producing work can be found at MichaelPaulCreates.com