Michael Yarmush is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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, film

Film

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, and voice

Voice acting

Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...

 actor

Actor

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Early life and career

Born in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

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, Yarmush began acting in 1995. That year, he portrayed Eric in the television series My Life as a Dog

My Life as a Dog (TV series)

My Life as a Dog is a contemporary, half-hour Canadian TV series that aired in 1996 and ran for 22 episodes. It was based on the 1985 Swedish movie of the same name and developed for Canadian television by, among others, Reidar Jönsson, author of the original autobiographical book.It is the coming...

. The following year, he provided the voice for the title character in Arthur

Arthur (TV series)

Arthur is an American/Canadian animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for the Public Broadcasting Service...

. Yarmush's most recent role was in 2007 animated comedy series Tripping the Rift

Tripping the Rift

Tripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Sci Fi Channel...

, where he provided the voice for various characters.

He currently lives in Montreal

Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Kids of the Round Table	Kid of the Round Table	Uncredited
1997	Little Men	Emil
	Dancing on the Moon	Freddy Green
1998	Nico the Unicorn Nico the Unicorn Nico the Unicorn is a family movie made in 1998, which follows the story of young Billy Hastings and his adventures with a mystical unicorn named Nico. The film is based on the children's book of the same name, written by Frank Sacks....	Mark
2006	Steel Toes Steel Toes Steel Toes is a 2006 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn. It was filmed in Montréal, Canada, and was produced by Galafilm. The movie was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs ....	Tong
2008	Tripping the Rift: The Movie	Additional Voices
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...	Jonah	Episode: "The Tale of the Manaha"
1995	The Little Lulu Show The Little Lulu Show The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on , CTV, and the Family Channel...	Gerard (Voice)	1 episode
1995-1996	My Life as a Dog My Life as a Dog (TV series) My Life as a Dog is a contemporary, half-hour Canadian TV series that aired in 1996 and ran for 22 episodes. It was based on the 1985 Swedish movie of the same name and developed for Canadian television by, among others, Reidar Jönsson, author of the original autobiographical book.It is the coming...	Eric Johansson	22 episode
1996	Losing Chase	Little Richard Phillips	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
1996-2001	Arthur	Main Role (85 episodes)	Slink of the Tough Customers
1997	Shadow of the Bear	Justin Andrich	Television movie
	Whiskers	Fingers	Television movie
	…First Do No Harm	Mark Reimuller	Television movie
1998	Radio Active Radio Active (TV Series) Radio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station, called Radio Active....	Ethan St. John	Unknown episodes
	Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...	David Warren	Episode: "Awesome Ants"
1998	The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures is an animated TV series that aired on HBO from March 1, 1998 to early 2001. The show follows the adventures of two mice, Emily and her cousin Alexander, who go on adventures around the world in the early 20th century, usually to stop the evil rat...	Additional Voices
1999	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, also known as Mister Rogers, is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages, 2-5, but has been stated by Public Broadcasting Service as "appropriate for all ages"...	Himself	Episode: "Go Stop Go"
1999	Mona the Vampire Mona the Vampire Mona the Vampire is a Canadian animated television series based on the series Robyn le Vampire, directed by Louis Piché and Jean Caillon, originally based on the short stories created and written Sonia Holleyman and later written by Hiawyn Oram. It is mainly shown on YTV, Radio-Canada, VRAK.TV and...	Lawrence (Voice)
1999	The Kids from Room 402 The Kids from Room 402 The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK.The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies...	Zock (Voice)
2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Peter	Episode: "The Tale of the Reanimator"
2000	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States....	Thomas Edison	1 episode
2000	Arthur's Perfect Christmas	Arthur (Voice)	Television movie
2000	Marsupilami Marsupilami Marsupilami is a fictional comic book species created by André Franquin, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine Spirou. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character...	Additional Voices
2001	Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a British children's animated television programme, featuring the adventures of a young child named Simon, who has a magic chalkboard...	Additional Voices
2002	Undressed Undressed (TV series) Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.-Synopsis:...	Nug	Unknown episodes
2002	Pig City Pig City Pig City is an animated television program originally airing on Teletoon , on September 1, 2002. It features a country pig moving to the big city to live with his cousins ....	E. Brian (Voice)
2003-2004	What's with Andy? What's with Andy? What's with Andy? is a Canadian animated series that started on September 22, 2001 and ended on March 4, 2007. It was originally an interactive Flash movie with completely different voice actors and a promotion for Fox Kids. Shortly after, a TV series was developed with new voice actors and it...	Martin Bonwick (Voice)	Episodes: "What's With Jean-Thomas?" "The Fortunate One" "New Kid on the Chopping Block"
2003	Woofy	Additional Voices
2003	Potatoes and Dragons Potatoes and Dragons Potatoes and Dragons is an animated series produced by Alphanim and Canadian animation company Cinar . It was formerly broadcast in the United States until late September 2010 on This TV.- Characters :King Hugo III...	Additional Voices
2004	Crown Heights		Television movie
2004	Winx Club Winx Club Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve, but is also popular among teens...	Timmy (Voice)	Cinélume Dub
2004	The Bellflower Bunnies The Bellflower Bunnies The Bellflower Bunnies is an animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001...	Additional Voices
2004	The Tofus The Tofus The Tofus is an animated French and Canadian sitcom created by Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor for Teletoon as one of its original productions. It is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola, and Buba...	Kris (Voice)
2005	Monster Allergy Monster Allergy (TV series) Monster Allergy is a 2005 animated television series, jointly produced by Rainbow S.p.A., , RAI Fiction and ZDF. Being a work based on a Disney comic of the same name, the series broadcast on either Disney Channel or Toon Disney worldwide, except United States where the Kids' WB and Cartoon Network...	Additional Voices
2006	Zoé Kezako Zoé kezako Zoé Kezako is a French 3D animation TV series , adapted from Véronique Saüquère's book series published by Frimousse. The first season of the Zoé Kézako TV series was produced by Corinne Kouper at Sparkling; the second season was produced at TeamTO.This second season is currently airing in France...	Additional Voices
2007	Tripping the Rift	Additional Voices	13 episodes
2008	Monster Buster Club Monster Buster Club Monster Buster Club is a television series by Marathon Production and Image Entertainment Corporation. The show debuted on June 2, 2008 on Jetix in Europe, June 9, 2008 in the United States and in Asia on May 3, 2008. This show is about three twelve-year-olds, helped by an alien girl named Cathy,...	Various characters (Voice)
2008	Fred's Head Fred's Head Fred's Head is a France/Quebec co-production animated series made by Spectra Animation & Patoon Animation, and featuring Fred, a sixteen-year-old and his not-so-normal life...	Additional Voices

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Series
1998	Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...	Won	Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actor	My Life as a Dog (Tied with Austin O'Brien Austin O'Brien Austin O'Brien is an American actor. He may be best known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-movie Last Action Hero, followed by his turn into romance as Nick Zsigmond in My Girl 2, and a part in both The Lawnmower Man and its sequel.Austin O'Brien got married on...  for Promised Land)
1999		Nominated	Best Performance in a Voice Over in a Feature or TV - Best Young Actor	Arthur
1998	YoungStar Award		Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series	My Life as a Dog

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