Michael Rubenfeld

Michael Rubenfeld

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About me

I am a professional actor, writer, and creator working internationally, currently based in Poland. I am a native English speaker and an EU citizen, available for film, television, and theatre productions across Europe and beyond.

My work often explores complex moral landscapes, historical memory, and characters navigating power, identity, and inheritance. I am drawn to psychologically layered roles — authority figures under pressure, intellectuals with hidden fractures, antagonists driven by belief, and men negotiating legacy and responsibility.

In addition to my acting work, I develop original projects for stage and screen, including historically inspired and politically engaged material. This dual perspective — performer and creator — informs my approach to collaboration and character: I value precision, emotional truth, and narrative clarity.

I am comfortable working across cultures and production environments and have experience in both ensemble-driven projects and intimate character studies. My training and professional background have equipped me to work rigorously, adapt quickly, and contribute thoughtfully to the storytelling process.

I am particularly interested in international co-productions, English-language European projects, prestige television, and independent cinema.

Information

Acting age
35-50 years
Place of birth
Canada
Height (cm)
179
Eye color
brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Medium
Place of residence
Warsaw (PL), Kraków (PL)
Housing options
Berlin (DE), Toronto (CA), Ottawa (CA), Zürich (CH), Warsaw (PL), Kraków (PL)
Nationality
Canadian, Polish
Languages
English(native)Polish
Dialects
CanadianStandard American English(native dialect)
Accents
English
Sport
BaseballHockeyIce hockeyIce skatingInline skatingJugglingStage combatAmerican footballBasketballFencing (stage)JudoSquash
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Theater actor
Special skills
Audio drama
Pitch
Tenor
Driver's licenses
B - Car

Credits

Professional background

I trained at the National Theatre School of Canada (École nationale de théâtre du Canada), one of the country’s leading conservatory institutions for professional theatre training. Based in Montreal, the school offers an intensive, competitive, three-year program that has produced many of Canada’s most respected actors, directors, and playwrights working internationally across film, television, and stage. The training is conservatory-based and practice-driven, with a strong emphasis on classical and contemporary text work, voice and speech, movement, scene study, and ensemble collaboration. The program integrates rigorous studio training with full-scale productions, preparing actors to work at the highest professional level in both theatre and screen environments.

Awards

Zanurzenie (Submergence) (Drama)
Alte Hajm / Old Home (Drama)
Alte Hajm / Old Home (Drama)

Film

Putin (Cinema film)
Supporting Role Patryk Vega Written by: Patryk Vega
Wesele (The Wedding) (Drama)
Levi Zukerman (GR) Wojciech Smarzowski Written by: Wojciech Smarzowski
Lucky Number Slevin (Drama)
Yitzchok (GR) Paul McGuigan Distribution: Mirimax Written by: Jason Smilovic
Fever Pitch (Cinema film)
Ian (GR) Farrelly Brothers
The Recruit (Drama)
Felix (GR) Roger Donaldson Producer: Touchstone Pictures Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures
Summer (Drama)
Charlie (LR) Phil Price

Television

1670 - Gierka (Series)
Michael (GR) Maciej Buchwald Producer: Jan Kwieciński Distribution: Netflix Written by: Jakub Rużyłło
Popularity Papers (TV series)
Richard (EFR) Allana Harkin Producer: Aircraft Pictures Station: YTV, BBC Distribution: BBC Studios Casting Director: Larissa Mair Written by: Jeff Detsky
Na Wspólnej (TV series)
Roy Sanders (SUP) Producer: TVN
Reign (Series)
Corrupt Deputy (GR) Producer: Warner Bros. Distribution: The CW
Rookie Blue (TV series)
Barry Bradley (GR) Station: ABC
Suits (TV series)
Durham Fooda Attorney (GR) Station: USA Distribution: Netflix
Cover Affairs (TV series)
E.R. Doctor (GR) Station: USA

Theater

The Woods (Drama) In development
President (SUP) Alan Dilworth Producer: Teatr Polski Theater: Teatr Polski im. Hieronima Konieczki Written by: Michael Rubenfeld
If I had a gun, I'd take them all down (Drama)
"Time" (LR) Paul Bargetto Producer: Teatr Trans-Atlantyk / FestivALT Theater: Teatr Trans-Atlantyk / FestivALT Written by: Piotr Armianovski
FORD (Drama)
Ari Fink (SUP) Marcin Wierzchowski Producer: Wanda Siemaskowej Theater: Wanda Siemaskowej Written by: Michael Rubenfeld and Marcin Wierzchowski
Poland is not yet lost! (Drama)
Michael (LR) Dorota Abbe / Michael Rubenfeld Producer: FestivALT Theater: Barakah Theatre / FestivALT Written by: Dorota Abbe and Michael Rubenfeld
The Lehman Trilogy (Drama)
Henry (LR) Sarah Garton Stanley Theater: Theatre Calgary Written by: Stefano Massini
Time Shelter (Schron Przeciwczasowy) (Drama)
Mosze (SUP) Marcin Wierzchowski Theater: Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej Written by: Michael Rubenfeld and Marcin Wierzchowski
Zanurzenie (Submergence) (Drama)
Stranger (SUP) Marcin Wierzchowski Theater: Teatr Śląski im. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego Written by: Michael Rubenfeld and Marcin Wierzchowski
Alte Hajm / Old Home (Drama)
Saul / Abram (SUP) Marcin Wierzchowski Producer: Teatr Nowy in Poznan Theater: Teatr Nowy im. Tadeusza Łomnickiego Written by: Michael Rubenfeld and Marcin Wierzchowski
We Keep Coming Back (Drama)
Michael (LR) Sarah Garton Stanley Producer: Selfconscious Productions Written by: Michael Rubenfeld and Sarah Garton Stanley
Disgraced (Drama)
Isaac Robert Ross Parker Producer: Mirvish Theater: CAA Theatre Written by: Ayad Akhtar