Following high school, he studied drama at Carnegie Tech, then found work in stock shows and in such repertory companies as the long wharf Theater and Washington's arena stage, on the sly he earned a side income as a college acting coach, married at this
Michael found work in character parts, making great strides on stage in such productions as Moon children, with Jill in 1972.
He also worked in tandem with Joseph Papp in such classic as the Merry wives of Windsor, the comedy of errors and Measure for Measure.
He finally debuted on Broadway in a 1976 revival of "Trelawny of the Wells with Meryl Streep and John Lithgow.
Two years later he entered the realm of film and TV.
Minor parts in Final Chapter, walking tall 1977 and eyes of Laura Mars 1978 led to a breakthrough featured role in the critically acclaimed movie Diner 1982.
Woody Allen took advantage of his talents and featured him in both The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 and Radio Days 1987.
1986 proved a big year when both he and Jill were cast as Stuart Markowitz and Ann Kelsey in the long running law series L.A. Law 1986, which ran for eight seasons.
Nominated for three Emmy awards Jill was nominated five times, neither won, their characters also married on the show.
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