Michael Dara

Mike Dara is a FilipinoLaotian Canadian actor born and raised in Toronto Canada Working as a barber out of Toronto Mike started his performance career in music when he met with engineers from neighboring recording studios This later led Mike to connect with Nevon Sinclair a Grammy nominated songwriter and vocal coach Mike began performing in small venues across the city gaining a local following A few years later he felt like he was starting to hit a ceiling with his music Mike began thinking about different outlets to express his creativity He attended a couple of acting classes in a studio downtown Toronto and fell in love with the craft switching his focus to building this up as his career After winning the top spot in a national acting conference Mike signed with an agent and quickly ascended to success Shortly after he booked his first major role as the quirky rapping vampire Count Rapula on FXs What We Do In The Shadows2019 Mike has since worked on projects such as Disneys Worlds Best 2023 Hudson Rex2021 and A Most Dangerous Game2020 guest starring opposite Liam Hemsworth In 2021 Mike received awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Short Film for his short film titled Aces from the Vancouver International Film Awards The film also received an award for Best Editing In 2023 Mike starred as leading man in a short film Josephine which won awards such as Best Film Audience Choice and Best Acting Ensemble at the 48 Hour Film Festival This achievement lead Mike and the rest of the cast and crew members to travel to Lisbon Portugal to have Josephine entered in The 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza in 2024 scoring Mike and his cast and crew to receive Audience Choice award