Michael Urie (he/him) Emmy Award nominated actor, producer, director, and host Michael Urie is well-known for bringing stories to life onscreen, onstage, and behind the scenes.
Celebrated for his breakout role as Marc St. James on ABC’s 2000s dramedy TV series, UGLY BETTY, Michael has recently been delighting audiences in AppleTV’s award winning dramedy series, SHRINKING. For his role as ‘Brian,’ Michael landed two consecutive (2025; 2026) Emmy Award nominations for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series’ and earned the 2025 Critics Choice Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series’.
Onstage, Michael most recently played the titular role in an off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s RICHARD II, reimagined by Craig Baldwin for The Red Bull Theater, which was instantly named a NYT’s Critics Pick. In the months prior, on Broadway, Michael played Mary’s teacher in the two-time Tony Award winning show, OH, MARY!, alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Jinkx Monsoon. Additional theater credits include: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical); SPAMALOT; JANE ANGER; CHICKEN AND BISCUITS; BUYER & CELLAR (Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award,
Lucille Lortel Award, LA Drama Critics Award); TORCH SONG; GRAND HORIZONS; and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.
In December 2021, Michael led Netflix’s first gay holiday rom com, SINGLE ALL THE WAY, which landed on the streamer’s “Top Ten” list across multiple territories. He also appeared in Netflix’s Oscar nominated film MAESTRO, starring and directed by Bradley Cooper, and in GOODRICH, alongside Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis.
Michael is the co-founder of Pride Plays, an annual festival that celebrates and elevates LGBTQIA+ voices in the theater. He hosted Discover +’s CLIPPED and four seasons of Logo’s COCKTAILS AND CLASSICS. For the stage, he directed BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERS and produced HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG. Michael also directed SILVER FOXES written by Stan Zimmerman and James Berg, for Uptown Players in Dallas, TX. For the screen, Michael directed HE’S WAY MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU, THE HYPERGLOT and co-directed the documentary THANK YOU FOR JUDGING – all available for streaming. Hailing from Plano, Texas, Michael trained at the esteemed Juilliard School.