MICHAEL CUOMO 6 ft 2 in 180 lbs blue eyes brown hair [email protected], 917.533.1699

“Happy New Year is an important, emotionally devastating drama … Michael Cuomo is absolutely brilliant …” —National Board of Review

“Echoes of Coming Home and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest resound throughout … [lead actor] Michael Cuomo impresses …” —Variety

“Michael Cuomo gives a searing performance as a “Happy New Year still lingers with me, even physically and emotionally scarred veteran …” haunting me. Michael Cuomo gives an electrifying performance.” —Movieline —Paste “Happy New Year is a deeply moving film on the painful aftermath of war … features an extraordinary performance by Michael Cuomo, full of sensitivity and humor. —Ted Kotcheff, Director of First Blood; Wake in Fright ______

NEXT UP Michael Cuomo will star in K. L. Manning's psychological thriller, Red House, a road movie about an ex-con and a teen altar boy on the run after murdering a pedophile priest (shooting spring/summer ‘14).

MICHAEL CUOMO starred in and produced the critically-acclaimed feature film Happy New Year, written and directed by K. Lorrel Manning, executive produced by Iain Smith (Wanted, Children of Men, The Fountain). The film’s premiere at the SXSW and Hamptons International Film Festivals was followed by a successful tour through 16 international film festivals, garnering impressive reviews, winning 6 awards including Cuomo for Best Actor (RIIFF). Happy New Year received a successful theatrical engagement in New York, and is currently playing limited engagements across the country. It is available on all major digital platforms and DVD.

Michael can be seen in (/Walden, dir. Todd Graff) and the independent hit Four- Eyed Monsters (IFC Films). He has performed at Off-Broadway theatres throughout NYC, such as Rattlestick, Naked Angels and The Barrow Group. His national on-camera commercial campaigns include: Travelocity; Samsung (with Eli Manning); AT&T; Bailey's; and Bank of America.

Michael studied writing and theatre at Loyola University in his hometown of Baltimore, MD before moving to New York City. His acting teachers include Joseph Chaikin, Seth Barrish & Lee Brock of Barrow Group and Brad Calcaterra of The Studio. For two years as creative assistant to writer/director Todd Graff (Camp, Bandslam, Joyful Noise) he was fully immersed in the world of film and TV writing and production at the studio level.

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THEATRICAL TRAILER: www.happynewyearfilm.com/view —SELECT SCENES: www.happynewyearfilm.com/clips