Michael Joseph Pierce

Michael Joseph Pierce is an American Actor and a 2nd generation native San Diegan. He has lived his entire life in Southern California. During part of his youth he studied and worked with Marie Hitchcock who was known as the San Diego Puppet Lady, in which the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater in Balboa Park was named after. He also spent many years studying the art of magic and performing magic shows in San Diego. In his teen years he began taking classes in Jazz Dance, Tap and Disco Dancing and competed in the California State High School Dance Championships produced by David Mirisch Enterprises during his last two years in High School. He attended Santana High School and while there, studied and performed theater and also competed in Speech and Debate tournaments. After High School he studied at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. His roles in Television started with appearances on the Soap Opera 'General Hospital' in the 1980's as a dancer in the disco du