Michael Robert Bernard

Michael Robert Bernard is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. The youngest of two children, he was born in Victoria, and was raised in Campbell River, BC. From a young age Michael was drawn to theatre and his Mother helped him take his first steps into that world by encouraging him to audition for Missoula Children's Theatre, where he landed the role of Buck, the Comical Deer in The Jungle Book. Michael continued to pursue theatre acting in various community and high school performances such as; Oliver (Oliver), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Jess), Honk! (Ugly), The Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), A Comedy of Errors (Dr. Pinch/2nd Merchant). On top of his extensive theatre background, he was also an active improviser performing in the Canadian Improv Games for three years and he was awarded the Spirit of the Games award in 2013. Upon graduating from Carihi Secondary, Michael moved to Vancouver, where he studied theatre at Douglas College. He was awarded a performance based scholarship along with receiving his diploma in Performing Arts. He began acting professionally at Fort Steele, a heritage-town in the East Kootenays. He reprised his roles of the Constable, Town Drunk, and a handful of additional historic figures for 3 consecutive summers. In 2017 Michael was invited back to Douglas College to perform as an Alumni cast member. He played the role of Just Joey in the award-winning Canadian play Concord Floral. He is most well known for his role as Stache' in iZombie (2015). Aside from acting Michael is an avid guitarist and singer. In his free time he loves nothing more than hosting Dungeons and Dragons games for his friends and family, which he considers story-telling in it's purest form.