Michael Bunin Bio: Age, Wife, Is He In iCarly?

Michael Bunin is one of those familiar faces you see on your TV screen and in many commercials. Now 54 years old, Bunin is an American actor and comedian who have spent a better part of his formative years in Las Vegas Valley. The poker pro has made such a tremendous success in his acting career path and is also regarded as one of the most proficient entertainers working in Los Angeles. This article is designed to give you more insight into the life and background of the actor.

Michael Bunin was born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Michael Bunin whose full name is Michael Louis Bunin was born to his parents on the 14th of January 1970, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. There is no information on the names of his late parents and his family in general as that aspect of his life is kept private except for the fact that his father ran an audio communications business while they lived in Las Vegas.

The American actor has a brother whose name is also not known to the public other than the fact that he lives in Las Vegas. This means he didn’t grow up as an only child.

The actor attended the Chaparral High School

Bunin attended his high school diploma at Chaparral High School and while in school, he participated in speech and debate alongside the popular Anthony Zuiker who then was two years ahead of him. Anthony later graduated from high school and came back to coach Michael Bunin who graduated with good grades and turned out to be very good in speech and debate, such that it landed him a speech and debate scholarship at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

The actor on entering the University of Nevada did not find the satisfaction he was looking for on the path to his career and this caused him to drop out of school in 1996 in pursuit of a career in the field of acting. The improvisational skills Bunin has were sharpened with studies at the Second City Players Workshop in Chicago and the well-known Groundlings in Los Angeles.

Bunin was almost 30 years old when he began his acting career

The story of how he got off on the path to his career is actually an interesting one. It is popularly said that when a man is in love, he can do anything even the most stupid things just to win the heart of the lady he is interested in; that was the story of Bunin. His love interest while he was in college got him to take acting classes with her and Bunin, despite majoring in business, had to go to the acting class just to win the heart of the lady. On reaching the end of the semester, Michael discovered he had a new passion and talent in him; he had developed a strong interest in acting and made up his mind that he was going to take up acting as a career.

Bunin was almost 30 years old when he began acting and so far, the 54-year-old actor has done well for himself in his career, having featured in at least 50 national commercials and has also appeared in various hit shows like C.S.I, Charmed, Scrubs, Rules of Engagement, Without a Trace, Las Vegas, Superstore and so many others.

The talented actor who is such a likable person is so gifted that he can actually comfortably blend various characters with so much ease. His expertise in his field is such that his performance can take all the concentration and attention in the room. He is said to be one of the most reliable and competent entertainers working in Las Vegas.

Michael Bunin’s movies and TV shows

TV series

• Players as Programmer – 1998
• Charmed as Security Guard – 1999
• Providence as Customer – 1999
• Without a Trace as Lothar Kheel – 2003
• Run of the House as Vince – 2004
• Strong Medicine as A.D. – 2004
• Las Vegas as Technician – 2004
• Scrubs as Jerry – 2005
• The Soloist as Adam Crane – 2009
• iCarly as Richard Blanton – 2010
• Law & Order as Marty Ashcroft – 2010
• My Boys as Kenny Morittori – 2006-2010
• Cubbed as Dream Pizzi – 2010
• $#*! My Dad Says as Bob – 2010-2011
• On Deck with Jamie and Mike – 2011
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Brent Walsh / Bartender – 2002-2012
• Rules of Engagement as Jerry the Beak 2013
• Mad Men as Photographer – 2013
• Crisis as Frank Beckwith – 2014
• Masters of Sex as Dr. Broad – 2014
• Perception as Kevin Gillespie 2014
• Bad Judge as Mr. Cullen – 2015
• Modern Family as Director – 2015
• Bella and the Bulldogs as Head Commissioner – 2015
• In-Between as Neil – 2015
• Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn as Carmichael – 2017
• GLOW as Drama Teacher – 2017
• The Last Tycoon as Richard Dummit – 2017
• Brockmire as Leslie – 2020
• Superstore as Jeff – 2016-2021

Movies

• The Tuxedo as Bodyguard #2 (uncredited) – 2002
• The Off Track (short) – 2009
• Piranhas (Short) as Simpson – 2010
• Jacked Up (TV Movie) as Tommy (rumored) – 2013
• Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story as Dan Wittlocke – 2015
• Undrafted as Officer Raymond – 2016
• The Goldbergs: 1990-Something (TV Movie) as Cranky Customer – 2018

Aside from acting, Michael Bunin is a professional poker player

While Bunin was still at a very young age, he developed an interest in poker and began playing poker like a pro as an underage child. He was so good at poker that he was able to offset some of his fees in his freshman and sophomore years in school playing poker.

According to sources, Bunin, whenever he was playing poker, would engage his opponent in a conversation and be a funny person; his opponent would laugh at his jokes and might even get carried away enjoying the jokes while Bunin will be busy winning and draining his opponent’s pocket.

The actor, to date, despite his busy schedule, still creates time to enjoy his favorite game ‘poker’ when he is not on set.

Who is Michael Bunin’s wife

Is Michael Bunin married? That is the question that has gone through the mind of many fans. Well, not much is known about Bunin when it comes to his love life. There is no information on the actor indicating or stating if he is in any relationship or married or if he even has any child.

This does not come as a surprise, knowing how the actor loves to keep his private life under wraps; with Michael being a very private person; it is quite difficult to ascertain if he is in any known relationship. It is only assumed by many fans that someone of his age and status ought to be married or in a relationship and he is probably only doing his best to keep his family and love life private and away from the eyes of the media and public.

Nevertheless, there is still the possibility that the 54-year-old actor might actually be single as he has not unveiled if he has a girlfriend. The regular feature on his Instagram page is his dog named Sally.

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Bunin played the character Richard in the sitcom iCarly

The character Richard in the sitcom iCarly was portrayed by Michael Bunin. Richard in iCarly was the guy who showed up in the episode titled iSpace Out and asked the iCarly group/team to do their first live web show from space thereby instigating them to go up against Exercise Rox. It was a brief stint for Bunin but the part is counted among his best so far.