Simon Arblaster

Simon Arblaster is the New Zealand actor who portrays the Michael Griffiths on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography
Simon Arblaster was born on August 24, 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a plumber by trade and often partakes in Rugby league matches. In 2013, Arblaster relocated to Australia and through this, he realized he had a passion for performing.

His natural talent saw him quickly land roles in two Western Australia films. In 2014, Simon scored the lead role of Matt in the short film, Karen. Soon after, he appeared in Infected Paradise and Wild Justice. However, it was his role as Jason Todd/Red Hood in the short fan-made YouTube film entitled Red Hood: The Fallen that launched his career and brought along a cult-following. As of December 2017, the video has almost two-million hits and rising.

Arblaster soon relocated to Vancouver, Canada and found himself acquiring roles such on televisions show such as No Tomorrow (TV series), Legends of Tomorrow, Once Upon a Time and Six

Trivia

 * Is good friends Once Upon a Time cast member Liam Hall.