Biography

New York native Michael Gentile took the same eclectic approach to acting as he does to life. With past careers in Private Investigations and Real Estate, he ventured into his acting career with vigor.

Award winning films where his work is featured include: the indie sleeper Pickings, Serious Laundry, Cigarette Soup, Drawing with Chalk, The Definition of Insanity, as well as the gritty and upcoming The Damaged. Prior roles include a heroic Army Sergeant, charming hit man, and a deranged serial murderer. Relative to the theater, Michael has mastered a wide range of roles. These include Edwin Booth (The Players Club), Mercutio (Hudson Shakespeare Company) Sheriff Tate in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Queens Theatre) and, most recently, German-Jewish Composer Walter Kaufmann in the Off-Broadway premiere of "The Music in My Blood" (Hypokrite Theatre Company). A cabaret style musical comedy is currently in the works. As to projects in development, there is The Monster Mash, a horror anthology where Michael performs in two lead roles. Secondly, Fall Fever, which is a dramedy involving a misbehaving expat living in Sri Lanka.

Relative to accolades, he won the Best Actor Award at Art is Alive Film Festival for his work in both the short film, Charles Haux, and feature film, The Damaged.

As to entrepreneurial endeavors, Michael had been doing professional videography, photography and storytelling for over the last ten years, as well as editing.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cindy Mich (POA and long time girlfriend)