From his official website.

Michael was born and raised in the New York area. Originating as a New York City Ford Model, he moved to film and television at the early age of five where he guest starred on shows such as The Pretender, Seven Days, and Another World. Around the age of twelve Michael was receiving more complex roles and challenges, and is when Michael notes that he "really, truly started acting." During this time he took a lead role in the television drama Cover Me, a show based on the true life of an FBI family. Most striking about this series was Michael's performances, showing us how dynamic and diverse he could be at a young age.

Now in his late teens, Michael has taken the lead in many films both independent and wide release. In the past few years Michael has turned out some incredible performances, starting with One Last Thing, in which plays the role of a young teen struggling with complications from cancer, and his pursuit to make his last wish come true. He followed up with a complex role in the independent film Welcome to the Machine, where he plays a youth who escapes an abusive home only to find himself shuffled into the juvenile justice system and then a psychiatric ward.

Michael's upcoming films include Man in the Chair, centering around a 17-year-old kid who flirts with the law, underachieves at school, is at odds with his loving mother and his constantly indifferent and derisive stepfather. Despite his flaws and problems, Michael's character dreams to be the "man in the chair," a cutting edge filmmaker, who is afforded a once in a lifetime opportunity. In the true story of The Final Season, what's destined to be baseball's version of "Hoosiers," Michael plays a high school baseball player on a team who comes together to beat all the odds and win their 20th state title in what becomes their final season. Also in post-production are the films Black Irish and Snow Angels. Watch for all of these films to be released within the coming year.

Starting in January 2007, Michael will be appearing in the ever popular television action/drama 24 on FOX. Michael will be seen in 5-7 episodes of season 6, playing the character of Scott. We won't be leaking any season plot or spoilers, but we will list the episodes Michael appears in. Be sure to watch 24 from the first episode so you aren't lost when Michael's episodes air!

Some of Michaels past film credits include the critically acclaimed Seabiscuit, and Almost Famous, where he played the younger version of the main character, William Miller, a teenage music fan who is inspired by the bands of the time and lands himself a magazine assignment to interview and follow a new band. Another recent film is Disney's Sky High, where Michael finds himself the son of two superheroes, mysteriously without any powers of his own.

Michael also recently ended filming on the long-running comedy Will and Grace. Michael, who plays Jack's (Sean Hayes) son Elliott, came into the series as a 12-year-old boy who has spent several years searching for his real dad. Both on the screen as a father/son combination and off the screen as friends, Sean and Michael have hit it off.

In spite of his very busy acting career, Michael maintains a remarkably normal life. He has recently graduated from High School and is now looking at colleges he'd like to attend. Michael loves to play sports, hang out with his friends, go to movies, and other normal teen activities. Michael spends a decent amount of time in Los Angeles and on location, but still remains very close to his large family in New York, returning as often as he can.