Artist

Michael Potts is an award-winning actor whose prolific career on stage and screen has resonated with audiences for over four decades. Michael starred in the Broadway production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson (which he received an Outer Critics Circle nomination) and he then reprised his role of ‘Winning Boy’ to great acclaim in the Netflix adaptation, written and directed by Malcolm Washington opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Daniel Deadwyler and Corey Hawkins. Potts alongside the star studded cast were award the Tribute Award at the Gotham’s in 2024 for their cinematic artistry. Potts’ long line of screen credits include: Highest 2 Lowest (Apple TV, Spike Lee, dir.), Rustin (Netflix, George C. Wolfe, dir.), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix, Geore C. Wolfe, dir.), Change in the Air, Cicada and Here and Now. Next up on television, Potts will be seen co-starring in Courtney Kemp’s Nemesis for Netflix and in the new FOX medical drama Best Medicine from Liz Tuccillo, opposite Josh Charles. His other significant roles in television include: Law & Order, East New York, The First Lady, Prodigal Son, Madam Secretary, Law & Order SVU, Show Me a Hero, Gotham, True Detective, Damages and ‘Brother Mouzone’ in The Wire. On stage, Michael’s career spans plays and musicals that endure in the lexicon of the American theater. Those include Jitney (NY Drama Critics Circle Special Citation), Grey Gardens, The Book of Mormon, The Iceman Cometh, The Prom, 1984 and Lennon. Off-Broadway he's appeared in Richard II (Shakespeare in the Park), The America Play (Obie Award), Overtime (NY City Center), Mud River (Playwrights Horizons), Arms and the Man (Gramercy Theatre), Once Around the City (Second Stage), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park), The Mysteries (Classic Stage Company) and many more memorable turns.