Michael Straka was born in Newark, New Jersey. His mother is from Chile and his father is Hungarian. He began acting as a college student at Rutgers University and moved to New York City to study the Method with Bobby Lewis ("Advice To The Players") and Tony Greco of The Actor's Studio (also in Los Angeles), Meisner with Richard Poole, classics and monologues with Donald Buka and William Woodman a ...
show all Michael Straka was born in Newark, New Jersey. His mother is from Chile and his father is Hungarian. He began acting as a college student at Rutgers University and moved to New York City to study the Method with Bobby Lewis ("Advice To The Players") and Tony Greco of The Actor's Studio (also in Los Angeles), Meisner with Richard Poole, classics and monologues with Donald Buka and William Woodman and commercials with Dovetail.
Mike took his first job in television production as a page at CBS, and has moved on to become a features reporter, producer and columnist at FOX News Channel and FOXnews.com, after working his way through the ranks a production assistant, desk assistant (CBS News), tape operator, copy writer, producer and web project manager. News has provided Mike with a broad range of topics to cover, from hard news to entertainment, and he has interviewed several newsmakers and celebrities, including Tom Cruise, Arnold Scharzenegger, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Cochran, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Daryl Mitchell, and the Grammy winning pop group Train. As an actor Mike was cast in Analyze This as a gangster, and has played numerous roles in television commercials, plays, sketch comedy and films.
He is a black belt in Kenpo Karate and Tae Kwon Do, and has won national and state fighting championships. He lives in New York City with his wife Emily Straka.
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