Michael Swaim was born on June 7,1985 and is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, podcaster, and writer.
28 Facts About Michael Swaim
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Two audio collections of short stories and poems by Michael Swaim have been released, and in 2023, Michael Swaim self-published a novel, The Climb.
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Michael Swaim then served as a Senior Editor on a 2013 followup, The De-textbook.
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Until his departure from Cracked in October 2017, Michael Swaim was a regular feature on podcasts produced by the website.
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In October 2019, Michael Swaim began producing video content for IGN while continuing to operate Small Beans.
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Michael Swaim was born on June 7,1985 and grew up in San Diego County, California.
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Michael Swaim's uncle is folk singer and Waterbug Records founder Andrew Calhoun.
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Michael Swaim attended a Montessori school for sixth grade and Standley Middle School for seventh grade.
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Michael Swaim attended the University of California, San Diego, where he majored in theatre with a minor in creative writing.
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Michael Swaim continued during this time to be involved with UCSD's theatre program, producing his own original comedy play, Olympus Inc, from which cast members occasionally crossed over into Those Aren't Muskets videos.
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When Cracked decided to start producing its own video content, Michael Swaim was enlisted to lead the effort.
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Michael Swaim had a cameo role that year in the BriTANicK video "Epic Phone Fail".
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Michael Swaim had a cameo role a year later in the MagicHugs video "Cover Me".
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Michael Swaim continued starring in original video series produced by the website, among them After Hours, which won Best Writing at the 18th Annual Webby Awards.
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In 2010, Michael Swaim told The Huffington Post that he hoped his tenure at Cracked would be a step towards eventually making feature films.
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Michael Swaim, who had a starring role in the film, wrote the screenplay and received a producer credit, while Long directed, and Epperson performed the cinematography.
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Michael Swaim contributed to Cracked's 2010 New York Times Best Seller, You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, and served as a Senior Editor on Cracked's 2013 release, The De-textbook.
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Michael Swaim co-hosted the Cracked-produced podcast Kurt Vonneguys with Alex Schmidt.
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Michael Swaim later recounted that his depression, which he had suffered from since childhood, gradually worsened during this stage of his life, and over time, he continued to reduce his role at Cracked.
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Michael Swaim and Epperson were joined in the founding of Small Beans by Adam Ganser, who like Epperson, was a prolific director of videos at Cracked.
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Michael Swaim edited and Epperson directed each episode of Off Hours, reoccupying roles that they had respectively filled on After Hours.
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Michael Swaim is the only After Hours star to return as a main cast member in Off Hours.
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Michael Swaim is joined in each episode of Off Hours by a rotating series of guest stars.
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On October 10,2023, Small Beans premiered a comedic film trailer recap video series hosted by Michael Swaim, called Last Week's Trailers.
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Michael Swaim has appeared on the Bunny Ears podcast and has occasionally written articles for the website.
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In October 2019, Michael Swaim moved to San Francisco for a position at IGN, serving as Manager of Video Programming until 2022.
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Michael Swaim filled this role while continuing to operate Small Beans.
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On January 12,2021, Michael Swaim self-released NOSIDE, an audio collection of his own original short stories and poems.