Michael Patrick King, a famous American producer, director, writer and actor was born on September 14, 1954 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His mother and father were of Irish-American origin. He also has three sisters. Michael was raised as a Roman Catholic. Michael Patrick studied in Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. During his studies he began to actively engage in creative work. At the age of 20 Michael stopped his studying and moved to New York in 1975. He wrote jokes, plays and various comedies. He performed at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre as a member of "The Broadway Local" group.
Michael’s real career of a talented producer started in Los Angeles. He began to write scenarios for the television series Murphy Brown. Murphy Brown was nominated for several Emmys in nomination Outstanding Comedy Series.
He has written a lot of screenplays for the following shows: "55 Mercer Street" (2001), "Will & Grace" (1999) "Temporarily Yours" (1997) "Cybill" (1996), "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans" (1994), "Good Advice" (1994), "Murphy Brown" (1991-1993), "My Talk Show" (1990), "The Sweet Life" (1989), "2 Broke Girls" (2011-2015).
But he is the most known as a producer and writer for his work "Sex and the City". The film is a romantic comedy about four female friends. Single women lived in New York City. They often gathered together and discussed their romantic and sexual life. The world premiere of "Sex and the City" was at London. The film has become very popular. As a result film grossed over $415 million.
In 2010 a sequel to the film, entitled "Sex and the City 2" was released. Michael Patrick King was at the same time director, writer and producer of these two films. "Sex and the City" and its sequel was nominated about eighteen times for Awards in different nominations. In 2001-2010 the film won six Awards.
From the 2011 to present time he is the co-creator of the CBS comedy "2 Broke Girls". The film is about two roommates Max Black and Caroline Channing. Caroline was the daughter of a multimillionaire, Max was grown up in poor family. They worked together, had different points of views on life and tried to earn money to start their own cupcake business. "2 Broke Girls" was nominated a lot of times for Awards. In 2012 it won People's Choice Awards as Favorite New TV Comedy.
As an actor Michael Patrick King played roles in "Sex and the City" (2003), "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (1999), "Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm" (1999), "My Talk Show" (1990), "How to Be Louise" (1990).
There is no information about his overall net worth in the open recourses. But Michael Patrick King is known to have made 2 million dollar fortune only with A Mann's World.
Now he lives in Greenwich Village. And he has never had a drink in his life. Michael has never been married and divorced, because he is gay. He also hasn’t got children.
There is a person bearing the same surname as Michael Patrick King. He is named Michael Patrick Carter, and he is an American actor.
The other information of Michael Patrick King’s biography can be found on the following sites: wikipedia.org, www.imdb.com.
| Birth Date: | 5 Dec, 1977 |
| Age: | 42 yrs |
| Occupations: | Musician Composer Singer Guitarist |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Dublin |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Singer, musician, composer |
