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Michael Yerxa

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Producer
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Michael Yerxa is known for Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things (2016), The Amazing Race Canada (2013) and Canada's Ultimate Challenge (2023).
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 12 nominations total

    Known for

    Mark Kenneth Woods and Michael Yerxa in Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things (2016)
    Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things
    7.3
    • Producer
    • 2016
    Jon Montgomery in The Amazing Race Canada (2013)
    The Amazing Race Canada
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as Mike Yerxa)
    Canada's Ultimate Challenge (2023)
    Canada's Ultimate Challenge
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Christian Yves Jones, Mark Kenneth Woods, and Michael Venus in Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series (2019)
    Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series
    3.7
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • Jon Montgomery in The Amazing Race Canada (2013)
      The Amazing Race Canada
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Casting Director (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2022
    • Holy Baloney (2018)
      Holy Baloney
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • Ingrid Veninger, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, and Charlotte Salisbury in Porcupine Lake (2017)
      Porcupine Lake
      5.5
      • Casting Director (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2017
    • Hi Opie! (2014)
      Hi Opie!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2014–2015
    • The Adventures of Napkin Man (2013)
      The Adventures of Napkin Man
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2015
    • Splatalot (2011)
      Splatalot
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2011–2012
    • Skatoony (2010)
      Skatoony
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2011
    • Taste Buds (2008)
      Taste Buds
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2009–2010

    Casting Department

    • Just Like Mom and Dad
      • casting director: hosts
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • Wall of Chefs (2020)
      Wall of Chefs
      7.3
      TV Series
      • casting consultant (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2022–2023
    • Wall of Bakers (2022)
      Wall of Bakers
      6.9
      TV Series
      • casting consultant (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2022
    • Canada's Drag Race (2020)
      Canada's Drag Race
      7.4
      TV Series
      • casting associate (2020)
      • 2020
    • Just Like Mom and Dad (2018)
      Just Like Mom and Dad
      7.2
      TV Series
      • casting director: hosts
      • 2018
    • Canada's Smartest Person (2014)
      Canada's Smartest Person
      6.2
      TV Series
      • casting associate producer (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2016
    • Jon Montgomery in The Amazing Race Canada (2013)
      The Amazing Race Canada
      7.7
      TV Series
      • associate casting producer
      • casting assistant (as Mike Yerxa, as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2013–2014

    Producer

    • Canada's Got Talent (2012)
      Canada's Got Talent
      4.0
      TV Series
      • story producer (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2023
    • Canada's Ultimate Challenge (2023)
      Canada's Ultimate Challenge
      7.2
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • 2023
    • Jon Montgomery in The Amazing Race Canada (2013)
      The Amazing Race Canada
      7.7
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • 2019–2022
    • Brock Hayhoe in 1 Queen 5 Queers (2021)
      1 Queen 5 Queers
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Christian Yves Jones, Mark Kenneth Woods, and Michael Venus in Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series (2019)
      Pride: The LGBTQ+ History Series
      3.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2019–2022
    • Crystal, Peppermint, and Sébastien Potvin in Call Me Mother (2021)
      Call Me Mother
      8.3
      TV Series
      • story producer
      • 2021
    • Terry Fox in Terry Fox: The Power of One (2021)
      Terry Fox: The Power of One
      TV Special
      • story producer
      • 2021
    • Canada's Drag Race (2020)
      Canada's Drag Race
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Story Producer (2020)
      • 2020
    • CBC Arts Presents Queer Pride Inside: A Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret (2020)
      CBC Arts Presents Queer Pride Inside: A Buddies in Bad Times Cabaret
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Fridge Wars (2020)
      Fridge Wars
      5.7
      TV Series
      • associate producer (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2020
    • Jonny Harris in Still Standing (2015)
      Still Standing
      8.3
      TV Series
      • story producer (as Mike Yerxa)
      • 2016
    • Mark Kenneth Woods and Michael Yerxa in Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things (2016)
      Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things
      7.3
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Outspoken Biography (2015)
      Outspoken Biography
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2015

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Mike Yerxa

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Most people call him Yerxa, and he is only referred to as Yerxa on the 1 Girl 5 Gays (2009) show.

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