Michael Jason Allen

Michael Jason Allen landed his first professional acting gig as a day player in the Columbia Pictures movie "What Planet Are You From" starring John Goodman, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, and Ben Kingsley (1999). Going on to star in national television commercials for Cox Comm., Yosh Fragrances, HGTV and the California Board of Tourism among others, he's continued in films, television commercials and various television shows on FOX and the W Network. In 2008, he began writing, directing, producing, and starring in his own feature films. His debut film was covered by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Arizona Republic, and positive reviews from film critics. Since then, he has subsequently gone on to write, direct, produce and star in 9 award winning or nominated independent feature films while performing the cinematography in 7 of them. He is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist for his electro-rock band "Magnificent Lie" and has performed live around the U.S. sharing the bill with popular music artists of the '80s & '90s. He also has a 1980's era alter ego named Adrian Star in which he has released several pop albums with many music videos.