Who Am I?
Michael Lawrence Potter was born on the 16th of July 1992 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Potter spent 2016 to 2018 completing his articles of clerkship at the Johannesburg law firm Moodie and Robertson in order to be admitted as an attorney. The pull towards storytelling remained a constant in his life and during this time he performed stand up comedy at various night clubs and festivals around Johannesburg and Pretoria and starred in music videos for independent rap artists such as Bizzkuit and Jay Cubes. In the same year that he was admitted to the South African roll of attorneys Potter received his formal acting training in 2018 spending his weekends being taught at the Johannesburg based Indigoview Advanced Acting Academy by Steven Feinstein. He graduated in November 2018 following a performance in the play "Scenes" at the prestigious Johannesburg Theatre. His performance caught the eye of Ian Gareth Hadfield of Authentik Management who offered to sign him to the agency. Potter accepted and left the legal profession to pursue acting full time. In January 2019 Potter landed his first feature role as Bobby in the upcoming American 2020 Alastair Orr film "Triggered". Thereafter Potter starred in Masebedi Molefi's independent film "Angel" and Maurice Loois' "Jaw". From October 3rd to October 5th Potter performed an original play "Looking for Audrey" at the PopArt Theatre-a play which Potter wrote and produced which subsequently sold out the the theatre. Michael is a self-confessed fanatic of the business and the art of storytelling at all levels and in all facets.
