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Michael Corbett (actor)

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Michael Corbett
Born
Michael Cianfrani
Years active1979–present

Michael Corbett is an American actor, author, and television personality. He is perhaps best known for his work starring in three daytime soap operas.

Career

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Raised in Collingswood, New Jersey, as Michael Cianfrani, he began acting as a student at Collingswood High School, where he graduated in 1973.[1] He was pressured to change his last name, with his agent telling him that his name was "hard to spell, hard to pronounce, and very ethnic."[2]

Corbett began his career on Broadway. Just two weeks after graduating from the Boston Conservatory, he landed a role in the musical Nefertiti starring Andrea Marcoucci. He later played Kenicki in a production of Grease and appeared the roadway production of Come Back Little Sheba starring Shirley Knight and Philip Bosco. He also starred Off-Broadway with Liz Callaway and Karen Mason in The Matinee Kids. While on Broadway, Corbett was cast as Michael Pavel Jr. on Ryan's Hope,[3] by a casting director who had seen him in a play. He played the role from 1979 to 1981.

Corbett played Warren Carter on Search for Tomorrow from 1982 to 1985, and he later portrayed secretary-turned-murderer David Kimble on The Young and the Restless from 1986 to 1991.[4] Corbett has also guest starred on numerous television series including The King of Queens, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Rabal, and Zoey 101 as Logan's father, Malcolm Reese, and the web series Venice: The Series.[5]

Since 2000, Corbett has hosted real estate and lifestyle segments for the NBC entertainment news program Extra, and won a 2014 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program as part of the show's team.[6] He is also the host and senior producer of Extra's Mansions and Millionaires!, and the executive producer of Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry on E!.[4] Corbett also created and executive produced Mansion Hunters for the Reelz channel.[4]

Corbett has written three best selling real estate books: Before You Buy: The Homebuyer’s Handbook for Today’s Market!, Find It, Fix it, Flip It! Make Millions in Real Estate—One House at a Time, and Ready, Set, Sold!, The Insider Secrets to Sell Your House Fast—for Top Dollar!.[7]

Personal life

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Corbett was a resident of Collingswood, New Jersey, and the first house he bought was next door to his grandmother's home there.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Sioux City Ray Dawes
1996 The Whole Wide World Booth Adams
1996 Romeo + Juliet Rich Ranchidis
1998 Shadow of Doubt Anchor #3
2001 To Protect and to Serve Sheppard
2012 ParaNorman Movie Zombie (voice)
2012 Hotel Transylvania Additional voices
2017 A Million Happy Nows Aden
2024 The Substance Additional voices

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1979–1981 Ryan's Hope Michael Pavel, Jr. Main role
1982–1985 Search for Tomorrow Warren Carter Main role
1986–1991 The Young and the Restless David Kimble / Jim Main role
1987 MacGyver Phil Episode: "Out in the Cold"
1987 Women in Prison Prince Episode: "The Hole Story"
1991 $100,000 Pyramid Himself Aired Sept. 16, 1991 to Sept. 20, 1991
1992 Renegade Johnny Rizzo Episode: "Second Chance"
1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation Dr. Rabal Episode: "Force of Nature"
1994–1995 Skeleton Warriors Grimskull, Joshua Steele (voices) Main role
1995 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Additional voices 3 episodes
1996–1998 The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor 26 episodes
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Chaim (voice) 2 episodes
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Edward Decateur Episode: "They Towed My Car"
2000 Max Steel Voice Episode: "Fire and Ice"
2001 The King of Queens Executive Episode: "Pregnant Pause: Part 2"
2006, 2007 Zoey 101 Malcolm Reese 2 episodes
2016 Venice: The Series Jake 3 episodes
2020 The Disappointments Phillip Parker 5 episodes
2023 The Bold and the Beautiful Judge Evan Scott 4 episodes (episode numbers 9069, 9079, 9112, and 9113)

References

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  1. ↑ Sokolosky, Bob. "After a rocky start, his career takes off", Courier-Post, July 22, 1982. Accessed October 24, 2026, via Newspaper.com. "A native of Philadelphia, Corbett and his family moved to Collingswood more than 20 years ago. His parents, Victor and Margaret Cianfrani, still make their home there. 'I was Michael Cianfrani then,' Corbett says.... The acting bug started to bite while he was still in Collingswood High School."
  2. ↑ Kent, Bill. "From the class of '73. to Ryan's Hope on TV", Courier-Post, February 2, 1980. Accessed October 25, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Michael Corbett, who appears as Michael Pavel Jr. in the soap opera Ryan's Hope, is really Michael Cianfrani, Collingswood High School class of 1973.... He's only 23 years old, and looks exactly like Michael Cianfrani of Collingswood. 'The first thing my agents said was, "Pick another name,"' laments Michael 'Corbett' from his New York apartment. 'They said, "Look at that name! Cianfrani! It's hard to spell, hard to pronounce, and very ethnic."'"
  3. ↑ Corbett, Michael (2006). Find It, Fix It, Flip It!: Make Millions in Real Estate--One House at a Time. Plume. ISBN 0-452-28669-7.
  4. 1 2 3 Froilan, Roger (September 18, 2024). "Young and the Restless Alum Michael Corbett's New TV Show Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat". Yahoo Entertainment. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Michael Corbett Films and Shows – Apple TV". Apple TV. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ "The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. June 16, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Michael Corbett | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ Braun, Jenifer D. "Sell That House: Tips from a flipper", The Star-Ledger, May 23, 2008. Accessed March 10, 2011. "Jersey boy Michael Corbett has bought and sold 36 houses, starting when he was only 19 years old and at a loss for what to do with his first big paycheck from an acting gig, a stint on soap opera 'Ryan's Hope.' (His first house was a fixer-upper right next door to his grandma in his native Collingswood.)"
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