Michael Cyril Creighton

Actor

2003–present

Early life[edit]

Creighton was raised on Long Island, New York, by his mother and maternal grandparents.[1]

Career[edit]

He works regularly in film, television and theatre alternating between comedic and dramatic roles. Sarah Larson of The New Yorker says "Creighton has a gift for expressing the tension between the desire to connect and the desire to protect oneself."[1]


On the stage, Creighton's credits include the world premiere of Jordan Harrison's The Amateurs at Vineyard Theater and the New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss at Playwrights Horizons. For his portrayal of Kevin in Stage Kiss, he was named a "Face to Watch" by The New York Times[2] and nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He has worked numerous times with the Brooklyn-based theater company The Debate Society, originating several roles.


As a writer, in addition to creating and starring in the Writers Guild Award-winning web series Jack in a Box (2009–2012),[3] he wrote and guest starred in an episode of the popular web series High Maintenance created by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair. The episode is called "Helen".


He was a founding member of the New York Neo-Futurists and performed weekly in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.[4]

2010 , Nominee for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role (for MilkMilkLemonade)[5]

New York Innovative Theatre Awards

2010 , Winner, Best Web Series Pilot (for Jack in a Box)[6]

New York Television Festival

2012 , Nominee, Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media (for Jack in a Box)

Writers Guild of America Award

2013 , Winner, Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media (for Jack in a Box)

Writers Guild of America Award

2014 , Nominee, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (for Stage Kiss)

Outer Critics Circle Award

2016 , Winner, Robert Altman Award (for Spotlight)

Film Independent Spirit Awards

at IMDb

Michael Cyril Creighton