Michael Thomas Walker currently teaches acting, voice, and speech at the University of Montevallo.  He is originally from Huntsville, AL. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a BA in Theatre, he moved to New York City where he has performed with The New Light Theater Project, The Weasel Festival, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Guerrilla Theater, Boomerang Theater Company, and the national tours of Hairspray playing Edna Turnblad and Seussical the Musical as Horton the Elephant. Michael is a graduate from the Rutgers MFA Acting program where he studied the Meisner Technique with Deborah Hedwall. 

Michael was a finalist for the Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony Playwriting Residency and is a recipient of the Wildacres Playwriting Residency. His interview based solo show, BUBBA, received the Best Variety Show Award in the United Solo Festival, Best Solo Performance Award for the Planet Connections Festival and was recently performed on NPR’s Tales From The South. His film and television appearances include Boardwalk Empire, Dirty Little Secret, Now That’s Cute, and Non-Stop. 

He is the co-author of Canfield Drive, a play about the death of Michael Brown and the Black Lives Matter movement. It was commissioned by The Black Rep of St. Louis and 651 Arts of Brooklyn, NY and he received a grant from the National Performance Network to research and write the play. It premiered at The Black Rep in January of 2019 and then toured to the National Black Theatre Festival in the summer of 2019.

He is the recipient of the 2020 University of Montevallo, College of Fine Arts Outstanding Teaching Award.

He is a member of SETC, VASTA, MTEA, SDC, SAG, and AEA.