Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States
Born in Stratford, NJ and raised in Mays Landing, NJ, Michael Ryan Etzel was always motivated to be great at everything he attempted. His love for acting started when he was cast in a role for his 8th grade school production of "Stand & Deliver" at the age of 13. He lost site of the dream over the next few years in which he got his HS Diploma and joined the US Army.

Michael started back on his love for acting at the age of 22, where he scoured the internet, newspapers, and local talent agencies for a way to break into the industry. Slowly, but surely, projects have presented themselves.

In the few movies that he has done, he has found a way to relate himself to the characters that he was to portray. He has been working with a local production company, Graffiti Playhouse Productions, on some low-budget Independent films. Michael is in a film that has recently been submitted for Sundance Film Festival. In the film, "Everything Fred Tells Me Is True," Michael portrays an angry ex-husband who is delusional in thinking that he and his ex-wife are still married and expects her to "do her job" and be a good wife. His appearance is brief, but his character has a very intense altercation "Christine" and "Philip."

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