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Michael Bob Sparks was born on the 6th of April 1981 in Adelaide, Australia. Born the son of renowned surgeon Magesh Dass and virologist Robert Sparks, Michael was sure to continue along the family traits in medicine. Despite achieving excellent results academically, Michael chose not to pursue a career in medicine and instead followed his desire to achieve greatness in the world of theatre.

Leaving home at the age of Twelve, Michael travelled to Melbourne, Australia where he laid his roots in South Yarra with his Aunt, Dame Mary Austin, an opera singer within the Melbourne Chamber Group. From her he learnt the techniques required for both stage performance and vocal conditioning, which by the age of 18 he implemented in local theatre groups and was quickly recriuted by SPOT talent agents which began his career in theatre.

Going on to perfrom in numerous stage performances internationally, Sparks was quickly transformed into a well tuned performer taking on a variety of roles including lead roles in The Lion King musical and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

After 3 years travelling and performing with these companies, Michael Attempted to make a break for the big screen. After a long spate of commercials and extra roles along side other greats such as Kylie Minogue, Aalyah and Stuart Townsend, Sparks was offered a role in 2002 to star alongside Keanu Reeves in the third of the Matrix trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions, without doubt a role which would have propelled this budding actor into stardom.

Sparks refused the offer to continue on a life of anonimity deciding to take a hiatis from his performing career choosing to live the life that was forfitted due to rigorous performance schedules and rehersal regimes. Returning to his home town of Adelaide at the age of 21 this little known star has still so much to offer the entertainment industry and we eagerly await his return.