Michael Bernardi

'Michael Bernardi' (qv), a second-generation actor began his career as early as 9 years of age working as a child stand-up comic. During that time, he acquired the nickname of "Wonderboy", a name also given to his father when he was a child performing in the Yiddish theatre. He attended SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Performing Arts and Strasberg Institute during 2003, finishing his training around 2007. Soon after, Michael began his screen career in 2008 with the romance comedy _The House Bunny (2008)_ (qv), starring 'Anna Faris' (qv). The next year in 2009, Michael did work on _Monk (2002)_ (qv). He worked in two 'Jim Wynorski' (qv) films, beginning with _Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)_ (qv) followed by another creature-horror flick _Camel Spiders (2011)_ (qv). He also appeared in the comedy _Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)_ (qv), starring 'Christina Ricci' (qv) and 'Nick Swardson' (qv).::Westernado