Mike Dara

Mike Dara is a Filipino/Laos Canadian actor born and raised in Toronto/ Canada. He was born to his Filipino mother Remedios, a nurse, and Laos father Vong, who immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to become a musician. Working as a barber out of Toronto, Mike started his performance career in music when he met with engineers from neighboring recording studios. This later led Mike to connect with Nevon Sinclair, a Grammy nominated songwriter and vocal coach. Mike began performing in small venues across the city, gaining a local following. A few years later, he felt like he was starting to hit a ceiling with his music. Mike began thinking about different outlets to express his creativity. He attended a few acting classes in a studio downtown Toronto and fell in love with the craft, switching his focus to building this up as his career. After winning the top spot in a national acting conference, Mike signed with an agent and quickly ascended to success. Shortly after, he booked his first major role as the quirky rapping vampire Count Rapula on FX's "What We Do In The Shadows"(2019). Mike has since worked on projects such as "In The Dark"(2020), "Nurses"(2020), and "A Most Dangerous Game"(2020) guest starring opposite Liam Hemsworth. In 2021 Mike received awards for "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Short Film" for his short film titled "Aces" from the Vancouver International Film Awards.