Michael McShane Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned his degree at San Francisco State University
• Early in his career, he performed with Faultline Theatre and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
• Quote: "If someone has no identity that you can find, then that's part of who he is․ Some people are free-floating in the most terrible way․"
• Known for his improvisational comedy, he was the only American member on the cast of Channel 4's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
• Wrote and starred in a play called "Mon Droit" at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival based on a news story about a homeless man who was obsessed with the Queen of England
• Read excerpts from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" for the British Library's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the book's publication
• Voiced Cid in the "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" video games