Michael Bakkensen
SAG-AFTRA, AEA, ASCAP

Biography
Born & raised in Portland, Oregon I graduated with a BA in English & Theater from Yale and an MFA from UC San Diego. Home now is New York, shared with Tam, Sekara, too many books & stuffed animals and two great cats. Fan of mountains, waterfalls and waves. Also, forests, got to love those forests.
Awards/ Festivals:
2024 Best Feature The Ruse Maine International Film Festival (also entrant in TIFF)
2021 Best Comedy "Mann Overboard"Florence, Chicago, Houston Film Festivals
2018 Best Short, Boston Int. Film Festival, Best Cast, NY Independent Film Fest, "The 6th Amendment."
2015 IRNE Award, Best Actor, Horace Wells Ether Dome, Huntington
2014 Earphones Award Best Audiobook for Salt from AudioFile Magazine
2010 - present

2010 - present
NATIONAL TV COMMERCIALS:
VERIZON, FIOS, DIRECT TV, MICROSOFT, MASTERCARD, DELTA, QUIZNOS, TGI FRIDAYS, CAMPBELL'S CHUNKY SOUP, BUDWESIER, KODAK