Michael Coleman

Michael Coleman is the Canadian actor who portrays Happy and his counterpart on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography
Michael Robert Coleman was born on December 6, 1973 in Burnaby, British Columbia. He has three brothers. Michael married Michelle Louise Coleman on October 4, 2003 and they have one daughter, Belle.

During high school, he began doing stand up comedy. Due to being underage, Michael often snuck into and out of nightclubs through the back door. He worked with various comedic legends such as Robin Williams. After performing a night show, Michael was approached by actor Michael Sunczyk and introduced to the world of television and film acting.

Some of Michael's on camera credits include Supernatural, Eureka, Psych, Blood Ties, Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and numerous movies of the week and feature films. He has voiced over a hundred commercial spots for radio and television and voiced numerous characters in dozens of animated series including; X-Men: Evolution, Hello Kitty, Inuyasha, Dragonball Z, Gundam Seed: Destiny, Hamtaro, Hellsing, Transformers, Power Puff Girls, and Megaman.

He is the artistic director of the Vancouver Acting School and also serves as an acting coach instructor alongside Once Upon a Time colleagues Geoff Gustafson and Catherine Lough Haggquist. Aside from acting, Michael is also a screenwriter.

Trivia

 * Favorite fairytale is The Little Mermaid.
 * Avid Angry Birds gamer on the Once Upon a Time set when not filming.
 * Fan of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team.
 * Regular attends anime conventions to get in touch with fans of his voice acting credits.
 * Loves The Beatles.
 * All-time favorite book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
 * Was one of the four people who wrote lyrics for a parody version of Adele's Rolling in the Deep for Beverley Elliott's performance of the song at Vancouver Union of British Columbia Performers Awards.