Biography

Michael Joseph Pierce is an American Actor who is known for playing the role of Father Michael King in the Amazon Prime TV Mini Series 'Confessions' for which he won best supporting actor at the Rome International Movie Awards. He was born in San Diego and has lived his entire life in Southern California. Michael graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. He has been in the entertainment industry since his youth. He studied and worked with local legend Marie Hitchcock, for whom the Puppet Theater in Balboa Park was named; he studied magic and performed shows locally. Taking dance classes in jazz, tap and disco led to competing in the California State High School Dance Championships. At Santana High School, he studied theater, performed in school productions, and theater locally. He also competed in speech and debate tournaments and started his theater career in San Diego in San Diego Repertory Theater's legendary production of Mother Courage with Whoopi Goldberg. Some notable recent credits include the Showtime pilot Coercion, based on Rebecca Benders' book "In Pursuit of Love" about her personal experiences with sex trafficking, directed by Susannah Grant and playing General Mills in the Netflix comedy Unfrosted, directed by Jerry Seinfeld. Recent films include Dognapped - Hound for the Holidays directed by Fred Olen Ray; A Lions Game, directed by Travis Brown and Road to Terzetto directed by Brian Shakti. Michael's streaming debut was as a series regular in Confessions: the Series on Amazon Prime; this was followed by the LGBTQ crime thriller Wicked Enigma with a recurring role. Michael's television debut came on General Hospital in the 1980's as a nightclub disco dancer.
- IMDb mini biography by: SCPR / Susan Chicoine Public Relations