About Michael

Born and raised in Boston, Michael Southworth is an actor and writer who lives in Los Angeles.

Southworth was classically trained in acting at Cornell University where he worked on over two dozen films and plays. As a student, he took time off for roles in Paramount Pictures’ Same Kind of Different As Me, CBS Films’ Patriots Day, and Sweeney Killing Sweeney. Some of his stage highlights included playing Orpheus in David Feldshuh’s Eurydice, and Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth, which he starred in and co-directed.

        Shortly after moving to LA, Southworth landed his first lead role in Love in Country, a Vietnam War epic in which he played Sgt. John Reese. He then starred in several other feature films, including The Lonesome Soldier, which had its theatrical release in 2023, and The Long Game, which became the #1 movie on Netflix.

In addition to acting, Southworth has written several feature screenplays. His first script, The Diamondback, is currently in development with Thunder Road Films, with Southworth set to star opposite Dennis Quaid. He is also writing the Hollywood adaptation of Drishyam, one of India’s highest grossing films, as well as an upcoming WWll film about the First Special Service Force.