Mig Macario (born March 16, 1970) is a Filipino American Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Bashful of the Seven Dwarfs on the ABC series Once Upon a Time. He has also starred in the Dan Gilroy film Velvet Buzzsaw with Jake Gyllenhaal, and has recurring roles on Ruby Herring Mysteries, Sanctuary and The Troop. Mig has also been featured in many national commercial campaigns for clients such as Lexus, Doritos, DirectTV, Bubly and UberEats.
Biography Mig was named after the Filipino revolutionary general, and actor Macario Sakay. He was born in the Philippines, grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and is now based in Los Angeles, California. Macario is a practicing Nichiren Buddhist with the Soka Gakkai.
Early in his career, Macario played petty criminal characters in shows like 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, and The Commish. Macario broke out from these roles when he played the lead role of Song Liling, in the Tony Award-winning play M. Butterfly at the Arts Club Theatre. Macario's performance earned him a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nomination for best newcomer. His producing, writing and directing debut was on the highly rated Summer Love - The Documentary, which explored rave culture and aired on Much Music.
Macario has appeared in over 50 film and television projects; working with artists such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Daveed Diggs, Ginnifer Goodwin, Taylor Cole, Jennifer Morrison, Johnny Depp, Maury Chaykin, Paul Sorvino, Dean McDermott and Jenny McCarthy. He plays the iconic Disney character Bashful of the 7 dwarfs on the hit ABC series Once Upon a Time. Macario has had roles on the Gemini Award-winning, dark comedy Less Than Kind, Level Up, Sanctuary, FRINGE for Fox and Nickelodeon's The Troop.
Selected filmography Year Show Title Role 1986 Fifteen Various Miguel 1987 21 Jump Street "Gotta Finish the Riff" Dale 1987 21 Jump Street "After School Special" Tito 1988 21 Jump StreetSlippin' into Darkness Ranger No. 4 1989 21 Jump StreetGod is a Bullet Student No. 2 1990 Neon Rider Father and Son Vincent 1991–1992 Northwood VariousBill 1992 The Commish Charlie Don't Surf Tuan 1993 Madison Christopher 1996 The Sentinel Killers (1996) Danny Choi 1997 Dad's Week Off Lew 1997 The Adventures of Shirley Holmes The Case of the Singer's Secret Ray Wong 1997 Medusa's Child Ian 1998 The Sentinel Prisoner X Ray Liotta 1999 Summer Love the Documentary (Co-Director/Producer) The Raver 1999Nightman Ring of Fire Eddie Chin 1999 Hope Island Each Tub Must Stand on Its Own Henry Dobyns 2000Cold Squad Slave to the Job 2002 Hikaru No Go Yan Hai/Pi Ling's friend 2003Master Keaton Shou 2004 The Dead Zone Deja Voo Doo Foley 2004 The Collector Another Collector Escobar 2004 The Final Cut Rom 2005Cold Squad C'mon I Tip Waitresses Rosario Dix 2007 Everest Mini Series Sungdare2007 Less Than Kind VariousGeorge Amahit 2009 - 2010The Troop Various Mr. Spezza2009 Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe Sandy 2010Killer Mountain Yeshe2010-11 Fringe Various Tech (Tucker)2011 - Once Upon a Time Various Bashful2011 SanctuaryUntouchable, Acolyte Wahid/Crixorum2012 Fairly Legal Warne2013 Level Up Titocona2013 Arctic Air Hui2014 Warriors Pilot Mig/Anesthesiologist2014 Run for Your Life Foreman2014 Intruders Bellman Thomas2014 Rush Where is my mind Kenny2014 The Whispers What Lies Beneath Scientist 12015 Second Chance Charlie Laskey2016 All Things Valentine Roland2016 Garage Sale Mystery 2016 Shut Eye Kurt2017 S.W.A.T. Father Guzman2017 Criminal Minds Dr. Michael Bateman2019 Ruby Herring MysteriesSilent WitnessDerek2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Cloudio2020 Ruby Herring Mysteries Her Last BreathDerek2020 Helstrom Mother's Little HelpersLiddle2020 Ruby Herring Mysteries Prediction MurderDerek2020 Kidding The Death of FilPNP Officer2020 The Order New World Order Part 2Edgar2023 Dutch 2 Angel's RevengeAtty. Thomas John Brown
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