Michael E. Kurowski
Acting
Biography
Michael is an actor, singer, and musician based in the city of Chicago. An alumni from Columbia College Chicago, Michael is a multifaceted performer who thrives mainly on collaboration and ensemble work throughout the city's vast surplus of storefront theater. He is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who can bring subtlety to dramatic roles and a fiery optimistic energy to comedies. Alongside numerous film and television roles such as Josh in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, Michael has worked in theaters across the United States during his nation wide tour of Once the Musical, The Play The Goes Wrong, and Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale as Samwise Gamgee
Known For
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Gran Torino
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
Lovecraft Country
Based on J.M. Barrie’s beloved tale about the boy who wouldn’t grow up, this heartwarming musical dazzles with a score written by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe—the award-winning songwriting duo behind Broadway’s smash hit Mary Poppins. Sail away on a high-flying journey with Peter, Wendy, John, and Michael to the enchanted world of Neverland—but beware of Captain Hook and the ticking crocodile.