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CAPTAIN CANUCK

...can you see there are no strings on me...!

About Me

If, like me, you feel that acting your age should be policed as an illegal activity I'd love to hear from you too! I'm on a constant quest for fun. My mind is an open door, and I love meeting new and interesting people. I live for music. I Love to dance, love to drink in great company and I love my dog, Gizmo! Hit me up if'n ya live in and around da T.O.

This LAYOUT was MADE by me

My Interests



I'm currently a member of the Impatient Theatre Company in Toronto. A Second City Theatre graduate, I'm an Improviser and a Comedian.

I perform in variety shows each and every month throughout the city, as well as from my home base at the Bad Dog Theatre several times a month. I'm hitting the Canadian highways for the first time after the Spring of '06 for a few weeks to spread the gospel of hilarity! Roooooooaaaad triiiiip!!!

I'm a student of sketch comedy writing, and learned very early that you don't have to go too far on your quest for material - it's always right in front of you...or in your past! Hide nothing and have no regrets, otherwise you're wasting your time in front of a room full of strangers.

I'm a lyricist and a storyteller. I love to write parodies of other songs, many with a political edge. I have a score of original works that I've spent many years composing. I perform them on the ol' six string & harmonica and love to mix it up with physical comedy and with a wide range of characters.

Being a Cancer, a die-hard romantic by nature, I tend to write and perform just about anything. This includes folk influenced ballads. But very seldom does a week go by that I don't feel the need to grab the ol' wooden axe and rawk out with my cawk out!

I am an actor and a huge fan of the Indi-film scene that Toronto has to offer. I have acted in many independent projects and do a few commercials from time to time. I LOVE FILM, and I live for the entire process of filmmaking. From the Casting Call to the Foley to the Editing Room floor!

I'd like to meet:

I LOVE networking with anyone that has a script idea, advice on acting (or a query regarding same), a story to tell, or a yearning to make a room full of strangers laugh their ass off in sketch, scene or song! If you share the same appreciation that I do for the arts, film, comedy, modeling, voiceworx, photography and the like - I'd love to hear from you!

PLEASE FEED ME,
FOOD IS ON THE LEFT!

Win or lose, life is a game my friends! Here are some cool ones for ya. Just click on each link below!

PAC MAN
FROGGER
ASTEROIDS
DUCK HUNT
SIMON SAYS
MINI PUTT
ACNE BE GONE
HELICOPTER RESCUE
ALIEN JUMPER

"...if you're goin' ta have sexual relations with an animal yer better off doin' it with a horse. Least that way when yer done ya git yerself a ride home!"

- Willie Nelson, 2005

Music:



I love my classic rock! But this is one retired nightclub manager that misses his exposure to Industrial beats (Fetish Night was so awesome) and Electronica!

I released a compilation album last year with my friend Art...but as you can see he prefers to be called by his last name:

Click on the dropdown list to see and purchase this and other releases!

is the greatest rock 'n' roll band of
all time!!!

Movies:


Anything 80's horror is friggin' way-cool awesome!
John Malkovich is tres cool, as is Kevin Spacey. But no one makes me wet my diapers like Mr. Carrey. What a guy!
Hugh Grant can kiss my ass!
My favourite movies are, of course, ones that I have the pleasure of being a part of...well, most of the time!
Here's a promo shot from a movie that premieres this July. My good friend Quentin wrote the story and also directed. He asked me to play the lead role and I was so honoured. It is the first time that I had the opportunity to be a part of a film with such a huge budget!
...and then there's this next one, co-starring Heather Graham, that also premieres next year. Big budgets, and big stars! Not bad, huh?
A lover of animals, I also write, produce, direct and star in my own series of instructional videos. The series that is currently available on DVD this month is my "Training your bad Llama to be a good Llama...at home" videos.
Click the dropdown menu to browse each volume:

Television:



..
Sad to say that I have all 10 seasons of .F.R.I.E.N.D.S. on DVD. I never, ever, ever get tired of Just For Laughs Gags or Whose Line. And Night Court and Three's Company has been sorely missed all these years!

Books:



BEFORE THE FAME and THE CONNORS TONE, by Canada's hero - Stompin' Tom Connors

OF MICE & MEN - John Steinbeck

ANIMAL FARM - George C. Orwell

NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE - Danny Sugarman

SIDHARTHA - Herman Hesse

RESPECT FOR ACTING - Uta Hagen

THE AUTOMOATIC MILLIONAIRE - David Bach

...as well as any book relating to True Crime, and the entire 4th floor of the North York Public Library! (Canadian Reference Section)

Heroes:


I was first introduced to her on the Brooklyn Bridge, of all places. Please see Blog from 8/29/2005!
...and, of course, my Mummie!
Oh yeah, by the way...I almost forgot...
(*to the tune of 'If you're goin' to San Francisco')
DOWNTOWN TORONTO
by Michael Giel
If you're goin' to Downtown Toronto
be sure to visit the giant tower there
You'll see strange things in Downtown Toronto
from 1,815.5 feet up in the air
At Jarvis and Queen in Downtown Toronto
there are prostitutes and drag queens for your hire
But in the morning in Downtown Toronto
you'll be eighty bucks poorer with a massive crotch-fire
And then there's Dundas Square in Downtown Toronto
where people sing and dance and juggle flaming batons
And if you can wade beyond the billboard hell there
sove west and count the homeless sleeping at the ROM
Everywhere you turn in Downtown Toronto
some foreign people try to sell you a hot dog
Royal York and Lakeshore in Downton....Etobicoke
has a view that blocks the Dome because of all the smog
Such a beautiful place though
Downtown Toronto, ah-ahhh
Spreaker's Corner's a great place
You pay a buck and you fornicate
The ACC is the new home
of the marvellous Ty Domi-ahh
I sure miss the Gardens
And Mayor Mel's stupid statements, yeah
What I love the most about Downtown Toronto
is that people say 'excuse me' when I'm in their way
And unless the government decides to toll more goddamned highways
Downtown Toronto, I think I'm here to stay

My Blog

It’s a Murse, people! Not a purse...a M-u-r-s-e!

In the thick of Kensington Market today in sweltering heat, Mikey searches painstakingly for the perfect Murse. He is wearing his adjustable-length beach jammer pants, his long-ass, to-the knees-if-he...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:26:00 PST

MY RESUME / STATS / BIO

MICHAEL GIELActra Apprenticehttp://www.MichaelGiel.comLOCATION:  TorontoCHEST:  41WAIST:  34HEAD:  24SHOESIZE:  13HEIGHT:  5', 11"WEIGHT:  195 Lbs.HAIR COLOR:  ...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:22:00 PST

...from the set of Hairspray!!!

...so as you all know, I am a Professional Starving Artist. This of course has it's many drawbacks from time to time, economically speaking. But more often than not it is a labour of love. Pure, unadu...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:16:00 PST

Call Me Captain Pistola!!!

...so I get a phone call at 5:30 this morning from a Casting Agent that I met on the set of "Angela's Eyes" about 6 weeks ago.  It is this cool up & coming 'shoot 'em up' FBI thriller type of...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:34:00 PST

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, BAYBEE!!!

Okay, so I have been very busy with filming these last few weeks. I have been on the set of a different film every day for the last 3 days.2 days ago I had the pleasure of meeting a very well known ac...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:53:00 PST

Myspace - a breeding ground for evil-doers?!?

Hi!  Friendly neighborhood Mike here!So I'm watching CNN last night while making dinner and the volume was all the way down on the TV. I see the Myspace logo behind Mr. News Guy, with the word "D...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:04:00 PST

Extreme Candid Camera

...so I did this independant film a few months back called "Extreme Candid Camera", where I get my right hand blown off! LOL - it was actually pretty funny. Anyways, as some of you know michaelgiel.co...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:11:00 PST

YTV's "It's Alive!"

In the summers of '94 & '95 I was an extra on a show called "It's Alive!" It aired once a week for three season, and was a variety show for kids - but some grown ups watched it too! The pictures a...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:53:00 PST

Justice Corrupt

In Justice Corrupt I play a young up & coming Congressman, living in Manhattan. My name is Sam, and I am the squeaky-clean front man of a multi-billion dollar drug wave. Sam targets the surroundin...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:17:00 PST

Medicine Man

...so I did this film a few months ago called Medicine Man. This experimental and psychological drama follows the Medicine Man around for a day's work, healing the Earth's negative energy that is left...
Posted by CAPTAIN CANUCK on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:03:00 PST