User:Michaelkoltes

Michael Koltes was born in Hamburg, Germany to a Children Of God missionary family of 8, Michael was the first born. He hit the stage for the first time in the Philippines at the early age of 2 and since performed all over Asia, Africa, Europe and North America with his family. At the age of sixteen, he left home and went to Nigeria as a volunteer with the Pro Health Foundation but was forced to return to Europe due to Malaria and civil unrest.

He moved to london at the age of eighteen with his brother. Away from the group for the first time, he trained with some of Michael Caine's former acting coaches at 'The Actors Theatre Centre', making his West End debut in writer David Vando's play 'Eroica' as 'Mozart' and 'The Kings Clown' as 'Louis IVX' at the 'Tabernacle Theatre' in Notting Hill where he was first spotted for a commercial.

He began to get back into music in 2002 and started a punk rock band in 2003 called 'Hypo Psycho' and toured the UK extensively, experiencing chart success with debut single 'Public Enemy Number One', 'Stalker Girl' and album 'Somebody Someday' which was released in the UK, Holland and the US, being playlisted on 'MTV' 'The Box' and 'Kerrang!'.

Over the past several years, Michael has made a return to acting and has since appeared in Ridley Scotts 'Robin Hood' (2010), Steven Spielberg's epic 'War Horse' (2011), 'Action Movie Hollywood' as the Punk Hitman with Dame Judi Dench starring Kai Maurer, 'Holby City' (2010), 'Seconds From Disaster' (2011) - Pearl Harbour (2011) and Cable Car Collision (2011), and Kane in the new action comedy 'Focus Pull'. He has also recently tried his hand at directing a film, 'They Walk Among Us' (2011) with his and Christopher Slaughter's film company Red Clover Productions.

Height: 5.11

Nicknames: Mike, Spikes, Damien, Biggs

Eye colour: Brown