Michael Joseph Thomas Ward
Acting
Michael Joseph Thomas Ward (born Michael Joseph Ward III, March 10, 1959, in Elmhurst, Illinois) is an American actor of comedic and dramatic range who began his career in radio as a deejay, reporter, newsman, and sports director before turning to acting in 1988 after being cast in the title role of The Nerd at a local Cincinnati theater. The son of journalist and PR executive Michael J. Ward Jr. and nurse Harriet M. Ward, he is the second of five children. He earned his SAG card in 1997 through a series of Giant Eagle Supermarket commercials, and his first co-star role came on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. On stage he has performed extensively in Cincinnati and Dayton, including A Streetcar Named Desire (as Stanley), Much Ado About Nothing (as Verges), 12 Angry Men (as Juror 12), Buried Child, Pericles, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (as Marley), and The Mark Twain Show (as Mark…
