J Michael Briggs

Actor, J Michael Briggs was born in Houston Texas. His career in entertainment started out in music. In 1989 while attempting to further his music career in Hollywood, J Michael, on the advice of actor friend, Peer Ebbighousen, started to do background work to make extra money. While working on a TV comedy for Disney/NBC called Hull High, director Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Newsies) befriended and put him in front of the camera for the first time. After that, everything changed. He moved to Orlando Florida to learn acting in the Theater. While there, he studied at Zoe and Company with Russ Blackwell from the prestigious Circle in The Square in New York. While learning his craft under Russ he was fortunate enough to work in class alongside, now well known actor, Tory Kittles, (Miracle at St. Anne, Sons of Anarchy, etc.). In 1998 J Michael earned a Pierrot Award for best supporting actor in the theater production of The Amorous Ambassador. In December of 1999 he made the move bac