In fact, the McManus Studio Theatre within the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario was named after his father. Until 1986, Michael went to Graduating Class at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and left with a BFA in Acting. Before college and university days, Michael attended St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto. It is the only Canadian school affiliated with the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome.
Students receive instruction in church music and they all study piano and music theory.
They are currently trying to raise funds to repair their Cathedral and to add another addition to the boys' area. He listens to Schubert's Winterreise as well, and to the jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He says he likes Luc Besson movies. But these films aren't listed on his resume. It was the other actor who starred in these films.