Seth Michaels

After a busy 2021, 2022 has a lot more in store for Seth Michaels and his production company Benacus Entertainment. As expected, Red Notice was a big hit, becoming the most watched film in the history of Netflix. The first project of 2022 is "Southern Gothic" a film written and directed by Academy Award winner Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society) His second feature was "The Stenographer", starring Emile Hirsch. With a slate of 7 projects from 4 features, 2 doc series and a TV Pilot, nothing seems to be slowing down anytime soon. Setting up a mini-studio out of Atlanta with original content has always been the dream, that dream has now become a reality. Seth has studied with the best, from World Renown acting teacher and Author Eric Morris to Milton Katselas Successor Jocelyn Jones. He has also Studied with Character Actor David Proval and top Casting Director Risa Bramon Garcia. Also Stephanie Feury, daughter of Legendary Acting Teachers Peggy Feury and William Trayler. His Television Credits include Doom Patrol, American Soul, a recurring role on CSI and co-starring on Nip/Tuck. Seth does Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Casa di Giulietta every summer in Verona, Italy. He recently won Best Actor the California Women's Film Festival for his starring role as Dragon in the film "Free Dead or Alive" and he was also nominated as Best Actor for "The Martyr" at the Method Film Festival that focuses only on acting, The Martyr went on to win the CINE Award of Excellence that year. He only spoke Hebrew and Arabic in the film. He also played a Mexican Federale on AFI's top film shot on 35mm called "Lucha" all in Spanish, leaving audiences at festivals completely silent for the heavy content and realism of the missing Women of Juarez. He has played everything from Israeli to Mexican, Brazilian, American, Argentinean, Italian, Middle Eastern, French, Egyptian due to his Ethnically Ambiguous appearance. Seth has over 100 Commercials under his belt as well, he has shot in different markets, Spanish, English, European, Asian and South American for Top Brand names like Nike, Adidas, AT&T, Verizon, Honda, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Modelo, IHOP, Wendy's, Etc... Seth was born in Orange County, California. He excelled at soccer, he went onto College on full scholarships, first to San Francisco State University and then San Diego State University. After his sophomore year he left college to play Professional soccer for Pumas UNAM in Mexico City. One of Seth's passions is traveling and meeting new people, he has traveled to 37 countries and counting. He is fluent in 4 languages, his native tongue English but also Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. He has been a Vegan for 20 years which leads him to donate part of his earnings to Charities like Hope For Paws and the ASPCA. He also donates to Harvest Home in Venice Beach, a place for single mothers who have nowhere to go, Seth Believes that a strong foundation to a child's development is a strong bond with their mothers, teaching children Kindness and Compassion, Harvest Homes provides shelter and food to mothers that have nowhere else to go. He has also volunteered for P.A.L. (Police Athletic League) in Hollywood, CA helping youth at risk. I am looking forward to keep making a difference through my work not only as a Filmmaker but as a human being, to give and help those less fortunate and to teach, invigorate, uplift, inspire the next generation of film makers. To collaborate with pioneers like Christopher Nolan, Alejandro Iñarritu and Steven Spielberg and also actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Daniel Day Lewis and many more.