Mr. Chieffo, an actor for over three decades was born and raised in New York where he studied acting at The Juilliard School. His credits include working with renowned directors Barry Levinson on Disclosure, Tony Scott on Crimson Tide, Lawrence Kasden on I Love You To Death, Harold Becker on Mercury Rising, Mike Mills on Beginners as well as perhaps his favorite with Curtis Hanson playing the coroner in L.A. Confidential, to name a few.
A sampling of television shows Michael has guest starred on are: Mad Men, The Closer, The Mentalist, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Bones as well as West Wing, Boston Legal, CSI, Roswell and a particular fan favorite, The X-Files as the deranged Carl Wade.
Favorite roles include playing the great Art Carney opposite Brad Garrett's Jackie Gleason in the CBS movie Gleason and playing Dave Madden/Reuben Kincaid in Come On Get Happy, The Partridge Family Story on ABC.
Most recently Michael has completed principal photography of the starring role of "Curtis" an extremely social phobic man in the Independent Feature Unreal Estate, directed by Todd Malkin and Nick Huntington. Unreal Estate has premiered at the IFS Film Festival and was honored with Best Dramatic Feature Film award.
