Arky Michael is an Australian actor and writer, who is best known for his role as Fulvio Frangellomini in the television drama series ''

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''.

Early life

Michael studied acting at

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(NIDA) and graduated with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) in 1982.

Career

Michael's first starring role was as George Poulopoulos in the television series ''

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'' (1984). A recurring role on drama series ''

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'' followed (1986–1987), before he took on his best known role as Fulvio Frangellomini in ''

'' (1987–1991). He then featured in the Australian children's series ''

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'', as the costume actor for the titular character in the second series. Michael also had numerous guest roles on television series through this career, such as ''

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'', '' E Street'', '' Wildside'', '' Water Rats'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Michael is part of a screenwriting team together with Kym Vercoe, with whom he wrote the feature film, ''Mrs Burswood'', recipient of the 2017 Monte Miller Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay. They have collaborated on independent theatre projects for Theatre Kantanka and version 1. Michael has also written a number of short films, including ''Australian Summer'', which won Best Film at

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in 2005. Michael has also worked extensively in theatre for many of the major Australian companies including

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and

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

Theatre

As actor

As crew

Awards

References

External links

* Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Living people Male actors from Sydney Australian people of Greek descent Year of birth missing (living people) Long stubs with short prose {{Australia-screen-actor-stub