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Michael Nathanson (he/him) is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He is best known to audiences as Sam Stein in Marvel’s The Punisher (Netflix / Disney+) and Dr. Levi Zinberg in Steven Soderbergh’s HBO/MAX series The Knick. Other credits include: Succession, FBI: Most Wanted, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Madam Secretary, Unforgettable, Chicago Med, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, Elementary, Law & Order, Orange is the New Black, Side Effects, directed by Steven Soderbergh; The Wolf of Wall Street; the Oscar-nominated film Time Freak. He has performed in numerous theaters in New York and across the country, including a run in the national tour of The Lion King as Ed, Timon & Zazu and received a CT Critics Circle award for his performance as Uncle Louie in the revival of Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers directed by and starring Marsha Mason, at Hartford Stage. His last NYC theater appearance was as Ali Hakim in the original St. Ann’s Warehouse production of Oklahoma!. Most recently, he played De Guiche in the critically acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse production of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring Chukwudi Iwuji and Rosa Salazar, directed by Mike Donahue. As Writer/Producer, projects in development include: I Can Change, a feature which he co-wrote and is also producing, with Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) attached, currently in development with Oscar-winning director Kristof Deak; Juliet, a feature based on the award winning short about a trans teenager auditioning for a high school production of Romeo and Juliet, written by Jen Richards (EMMY nominee for her series Her Story), which he is producing alongside Emmy winning casting director/producer Ross Meyerson; Ask, a female driven revenge horror film he co- wrote and is also producing with Ross Meyerson, with Brendan Walsh (IFC’s Centigrade, Nurse Jackie, Power) attached as director; a half-hour dark comedy pilot he wrote, The Single Girl’s Guide to the Mutant Apocalypse, Rejected Princesses, an animated series based on the bestselling book and blog, written by Jason Porath (Disney and Dreamworks Animator), producing in collaboration with Peabody award winning creator/showrunner Susan Kim. Michael was also creator/exec producer/Host of Playing Dead, an interview based podcast set in the geek culture universe, produced by Lionsgate Studios. Michael is represented by Innovative Artists and The Arlook Group. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Hayley, twin 11-year-old daughters Beatrice and Jo, one small dog, two guinea pigs, and a snake.