"The spelling of 'MiG' with a capital 'G' is taken from the Soviet aircraft manufacturer Mikoyan Gurevich, the maker of the MiG jets." - MiG
Born
12 January in
Manila, Philippines. MiG's family moved to
Sydney, Australia when he was aged 2, where he and his older brother
Andrew were then raised. MiG attended
St. Patrick's College, Strathfield and went on to study communications at
Macquarie University, Sydney. During this time MiG was also a singer/songwriter forming several bands throughout the years, as he pursued his life-long dream of becoming a recording artist.
At the age of 20, MiG landed an acting role that propelled his life on a very different course, taking him away from his studies and into acting in movies, theatre and television.
In
2002, MiG and his wife
Simone De La Rue, packed up their life and moved to
London, England, UK in order to further pursue his dream of becoming a recording artist.
In June
2005, while MiG was starring as '
Galileo Figaro' in
Queen's smash hit musical
WE WILL ROCK YOU, he was chosen to appear on the
CBS television series
ROCKSTAR:INXS, which brought him to
Los Angeles, California, USA. Shortly after the finale, MiG and his wife packed up their life again and moved to
L.A., upon his securing a major record deal with music giant
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP.
In December of
2006, MiG's self titled debut CD was released in the
Phillippines, then in
Australia the following month. Then with the addition of three originally penned tracks it was released in the
United States and
Canada in April of
2007.
In September of
2007, after moving to
New York City, MiG took off again to reprise his role as '
Galileo' for the International Tour of
WE WILL ROCK YOU. Along the way, MiG's debut CD continued to be released to coincide with the show's opening in each new territory (
New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand). The video for
SHE LOVED was also released and is now being aired on
MTV Asia and
Channel V.
In September of
2008, MiG appeared in
HANDEL'S MESSIAH ROCKS, which was released on CD/DVD fall of
2009, as well as airing as a
PBS-TV special across the
USA.
In October of 2009, MiG launched the 'call to arms' Global Campaign UNITED AS ONE, helping raise awareness and desperately needed funds to the people of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Ondoy.
In January 2010, MiG made his Broadway debut in BURN THE FLOOR, and is now gearing up for the world tour of the show. MiG is also currently recording his follow-up CD due for release early 2010.
