Michael Park (actor)
| Michael Park | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Frank Park July 20, 1968 Canandaigua, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Laurie Nowak (1996–present) |
Michael Frank Park (born July 20, 1968) is an American actor, best known for his role as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns (1997– 2010). Park won back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2011. On stage, he has originated roles in two Broadway musicals: Angus Tuck in Tuck Everlasting (2016) and Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (2016), as well as Monty in the Off-Broadway production of Violet (1997).
Park attended Nazareth College, Rochester, New York, intending to become an architect. He worked in the 1992 New Plays Festival at Geva Theatre in Rochester. He appeared in regional productions including Ellen Universe Joins The Band and Peephole.
In 1994, Park appeared in the musical Hello Again at Lincoln Center Theater. In August 1994, Park was in the Goodspeed Opera House production of Shenandoah, and Good News at the North Shore Music Theatre (1994). After understudying Billy Bigelow in the 1994 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, he made his Broadway debut in 1995 in Smokey Joe's Cafe. In 1997, Park played Monty in the Playwrights Horizons production of Violet.
The day after Violet opened was Park's first day in the long-running daytime soap opera As the World Turns as Jack Snyder, joining in April 1997. Park received three Emmy nominations and several other soap-opera acting awards, including winning the 2010 and 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
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