Michael Paul(XXVII)

Philly native, Michael Paul began his career in local television at age 16. Sustaining a 25-year comedy career, he honed his craft touring with such names as James Brown, Lisa Lampanelli, Wynonna, Joan Rivers and Don Rickles. An audience with Queen Elizabeth II, voted Atlantic City Magazine's "Act of the Year," becoming a headliner in over 40 countries along with television credits on The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, America's Got Talent & Youtube videos hitting over 13 million. He has also received the Medal of Appreciation from the Airforce Secret Service, Navy and Nasa.

Michael's film career includes motion pictures such as "27 Dresses" opposite Katherine Heigl, "The Ten" co-starring with Winona Ryder and Paul Rudd, and "The Ventriloquist" with Kevin Spacey.

Also lending his voice to Pixar, Cartoon Network, Jim Henson Productions and Disney and is well known for creating branded puppet characters including, "Nadia Coma: The World's Oldest Gymnast" and MTV's "CJ and Peanut" as well as training casts of "The Lion King" and "Avenue Q".

Michael's published works include comedic editorials for USA Today, Huffington Post, LaughSpin and his all star book "Breaking Out of Show Business: What I Discovered by Not Being Discovered" (by Post Hill Publishing) can be found at numerous book outlets including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Behind the scenes, he provides script coverage/directing for Netflix, ABC Digital, The Disney Channel, CBS Comedy Division, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Hudson, Spike Lee, Jodie Foster, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, Bill Maher, the Comedy Central Roasts