Biography
Michael O'Connell is a resident company member of Third Rail Repertory Theatre in Portland. His Third Rail credits include The Lying Kind (Drammy), A Skull in Connemara, Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Number Three, The Pavilion, The Lonesome West, Dirty Story and Recent Tragic Events (Drammy).
Other Portland credits: Much Ado about Nothing and Another Fine Mess at ; House and Garden, A Midsummer Night's Dream, An Owen Meany Christmas Pageant,Art, The Weir, and Three Days of Rain at ; and The Homecoming at .
New York: Leir Rex, ; Pentecost, Five Points Theater;The Middle Watch, Theater Outrageous; and Lovers at the Players Club.
Regional: A Christmas Carol, Two Gentleman of Verona, and Speed the Plow, Missouri Repertory Theatre; Suburbia, ; and Taming of the Shrew at the . Of Mice and Men and Amulets Against the Dragon Forces at .
Michael is an adjunct Professor at Portland State University and teaches for Portland Center Stage’s prestigious Visions and Voices program.
He has appeared in a variety of daytime soaps and television. He received his MFA at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Michael is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.