Michael Edward

Michael Edward, born Michael Edward Gajewski on October 10th, 1990, is an American actor and award winning musician form Chicago, IL. He is of mainly Polish, Italian and Irish descent. He has one sister and is the second child born to Thomas Gajewski and Francine. Michael gravitated to music at a young age and started taking formal guitar lessons at 8. His instructor, Lorrie Kountz, studied with world renowned classical guitar teacher and performer Jack Cecchini, who mentored under Andres' Segovia. As a musician, he has strong roots in many genres including blues, classical, rock, neo-classical and some jazz. Michael also went to play D-III football for the North Park Vikings for a very brief period of time during college. After leaving college, he had numerous odd jobs. While simultaneously working odd 9-5's, he went on to help form Aeraco and release two well received hard rock albums titled "All or Nothing" (2015) and "Baptized By Fire" (2017). "All or Nothing" helped garner the band the "Best Rock Entertainer" award from the Chicago music awards while "Baptized By Fire" landed at #6 Most Downloaded album in the country, #27 on Top 30 Loud rock and #27 on Top 50 Metal Charts. Aeraco, having been signed to Dark Star Records in association with Sony, continues to meet its demand and tour nationally playing shows all around the United States. In addition to being a professionally trained musician, he has studied acting at Chicago's infamous Second City. Michael has studied both on camera and theater acting. His first acting gig came in a short film called "The Kick" where he played a murderous Vietnam War veteran with severe PTSD, substance abuse issues and emotional instabilities named Tanner. He then acted in Kevin Brooks' short film "Everything is Dead at the Flower Shop" as Jim. He received his debut lead feature role in Jeremy Hulls' "The Visitors" as Ethan, a late 20's scruffy drifter who attempts to assist in his girlfriends survival by committing the unthinkable. He has also worked with Director Doreon Johnson on his comedy titled "Disconnected" in 2018.