Artist Bio

Michael Canavan

(Bio as of February 2015)

Michael Canavan makes his Goodman Theatre debut. Chicago credits include Hamlet, The Lion in Winter and The Father (Writers Theatre); Mizlansky/Zilinsky (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and The Dying Gaul (Apple Tree Theatre). New York credits include Bug (Barrow Street Theatre); Bang Bang Blues (Public Theater) and As You Like It (Riverside Shakespeare Company). Mr. Canavan’s regional and international credits include The Best Brothers and Moon for the Misbegotten (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Reckless, Driving Around the House, Jitters, Haut Gout, Prelude to a Kiss, Cold Sweat, Ghost in the Machine and Oleanna (South Coast Repertory); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Twelfth Night (Pittsburgh Public Theater); De Donde? (New Mexico Rep) and Three Sisters at the Teatro Popular de Bogota in Colombia. Film credits include Flags of Our Fathers, The Island, Hidalgo, Murder by Numbers and Striking Distance.  Mr. Caravan has guest-starred on television shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, Bones, Criminal Minds and Entourage. He has played recurring roles on 7th Heaven, Hunter and General Hospital. His work as a voice actor spans narrating the Bible for Warner New Media and voicing the Marquis de Sade for the History Channel.