Michael Barbuto

Michael Barbuto is an actor, producer, and writer who hails from Toronto and has worked in Los Angeles. He earned a theater degree at the University of Guelph in 2003, then trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood, where he joined its Company program and appeared in plays including the North American debut of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. His screen work includes starring as Lane Stanley in the YTV sitcom The Stanley Dynamic and leading the Hallmark Channel movie Banner 4th of July. He also starred in the Hallmark Christmas film Collision, guest starred on Sherri and Nip/Tuck, and appeared in Hallmark movies The Note and An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. Through his company Hogtown Productions, he produced features, television, and shorts; its short Ride with a Girl won awards at the Houston International Film Festival. He wrote and starred in Happy Camp and starred in Bleed Out, and wrote and co-starred in Ash Global.