Michael McFadden was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, the son of Maria, born to Italian immigrants, and J. Michael, of Irish descent. He had a younger sister, Rachel Janine, who passed away in 1994.
He took a circuitous route to the acting profession, attending The University Of The Arts in Philadelphia on a scholarship as an opera major before successfully auditioning for the school's theater program. Michael left U of A after a year to pursue a career in New York City. It was there that he met friend and teacher, William Hickey, the Academy Award nominated star of Prizzi's Honor, with whom he studied at HB Studio.
While paying the rent as a taxi driver, waiter, and bartender, he immersed himself in the theatre, playing roles that varied from MacDuff and Romeo at The Frog And Peach, a Shakespeare repertory company, to Victor in a musical adaptation of Frankenstein, and Stephen, in Israel Horvitz's "Line" at The Thirteenth Street Repertory Company.
Since 2015, Michael has played co-star roles on Fox's "Gotham" and ID Discovery's "Momsters". He is starring with Ice-T in the upcoming movie, "Bloodrunners", which he co-wrote with director, Dan Lantz.
He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.
