Michael Sasaki
Michael is a Japanese-American actor and Award-winning filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. Some of his notable appearances are on "Shameless" playing the role of Tim, as well as for playing the role of Tanaka on "S.W.A.T." He portrays an aromantic-bisexual recurring character on the tv show "BIFL: The Series." Michael's short film "Masaru" won Best Short Film at the Malaga Film Festival in Malaga, Spain. He is a professional figure skater known for winning the Junior Olympic Gold Medal. He worked as the figure skating choreographer in HBO's "Euphoria" for a figure skating sequence in two episodes. Michael studied at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, CA where he received his B.A. in Liberal Arts and received his M.S. at Full Sail University in Entertainment Business. He speaks conversational Japanese and Spanish. He is married to French journalist Pierrick Leurent.