Actor

Michael Urie is a professional actor living in New York City.  Education: Michael is a graduate from the Juilliard School of Drama.  Television: He co-starred (with America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams) on the hit ABC comedy, Ugly Betty; and has also appeared on The View, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and many others.  Michael hosted the TLC reality series, Miss America: Reality Check.  Film: Uptown Girls, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and WTC View.  Stage: He has appeared on stage in such Regional Theatre productions as the World Premiere of Love and Happiness at Barrington Stage; as Boyet in the Judith Shakespeare Company (NYC) production of Love's Labors Lost; with Austin Pendleton in the Off-Broadway production of Another Vermeer; off-Broadway in Roaring Girle at the Foundry Theatre; in the Hyde Park Theatre production of Like the Mountains; as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC.; off-Broadway in the Nerve Ensemble Theatre production of Phenomenon; in The King Stag at Seattle Rep, under the direction of Andrei Belgrader; in the critically acclaimed production of The Revenger's Tragedy off-Broadway; as Horatio in Hamlet at the South Coast Rep, under the direction of Dan Sullivan; and in WTC View, a play by Brian Sloan, which premiered at the Fringe Festival in New York City.  Michael recently starred Off-Broadway in The Temperamentals.  Awards: As a member of the ensemble of Ugly Betty, Michael received a Golden Globe Award!  Michael also received a TheatreWorld Award, a Lortel Award (Best Actor) and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in The Temperamentals.  He was nominated as Best Actor at the Dallas OutTakes Film Festival for WTC View.