On Camera
A writer keeps characters close, like a six‑shooter in the Old West. You never know which one the next scene will call for.
Michael honed his characters on comedy stages across the country and abroad. Live audiences helped him shape their voices, sharpen their timing, and build a presence that carried him from the stage to the camera. That comic instinct still shapes his writing, giving the dialogue a sense of timing and the scenes an eye for the unexpected. The characters stay with him until they find their way into a script.
Acting, writing, directing, or lending his voice to a book or commercial, Michael is at home wherever a story is being brought to life. That’s where he lives.
Clips
Scenes from the shows.
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First Wives ClubSeason 3, Episode 9
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First Wives ClubSeason 2, Episode 7
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Tyler Perry’s House of PayneSeason 14, Episode 9
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Zatima
Credits
Television
Army Wives 
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 
Dynasty 
First Wives Club 
Divorced Sistas 
Finding Carter 
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne 
Greenleaf 
Necessary Roughness 
Zatima 
The Productive Lie
Behind the Mic
The many voices of Mike Ray.
Mike has more than 15 years of experience recording, coaching and producing voice-overs. He was an on-air personality on PowerTalk, a talk radio station heard around the world, home of the infamous “He Said, She Said.” Radio turned out to be a natural path into voice work.
He knows how to hold an audience, and he has an ear for drawing out the nuances in the talent he produces. His studio technique and business sense keep him in demand for coaching, recording and producing.
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National brands demoCommercial voice-over0:00
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The many characters in Mike’s headCharacter reel0:00
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“He Said, She Said”Radio air check, PowerTalk0:00
Audiobook
The Man in 3B
Mike narrates the audiobook of New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber’s novel. Darryl Graham is the new tenant in a Jamaica, Queens building, the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. He guards his privacy, which only makes his neighbors more curious. When he turns up dead, every one of them becomes a suspect.
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Listen to a sampleThe Man in 3B, narrated by Mike Ray0:00
Voice Clients
- Verizon
- The Home Depot
- MINI
- Nationwide
- Publix
- and more…
