Career

Malarkey was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an Irish American father and a British mother of Arab/Italian origin. The family established in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Michael is the oldest of three brothers (Daniel, Kevin). In 2006, Malarkey travelled to London, England to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Malarkey had his beginnings on the London stage appearing in various theatre productions like Spring Storm, Beyond the Horizon and adaptations of The Great Gatsby in the role of Jay Gatsby and in the musical Million Dollar Quartet in the role of singer Elvis Presley.

Malarkey also appeared in short films Good Morning Rachel (2009) and Ghost in the Machine (2012) and in the TV feature film Impirioso before landing the role of Lorenzo (Enzo) in season 5 of the television series The Vampire Diaries as a recurring character. After great popularity with the viewing public, Malarkey's role was upgraded to a series regular in season 6.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Good Morning Rachel	Peter	Short film
2012	Ghost in the Machine	Cowboy	Short film
2013	Impirioso	Bruno
2013	The Selection	Prince Maxon	Unsuccessful The CW Pilot

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Curiosity	Milton Long	Episode: "What Sank Titanic?"
2012	Dark Matters: Twisted But True		2 episodes: "Unabomber, Salvation by Starvation, Get the Lead Out" and "Agent Orange, Ben Franklin: Freud Slayer, Price of Beauty"
2013	Raw	Anthony	4 episodes
2013-present	The Vampire Diaries	Lorenzo "Enzo" St. John	Recurring role (season 5), Series regular (season 6 & season 7)

Theatre

• 2009: Inches Apart as Lee (Theatre 503, London - Winner of Theatre 503/Old Vic New Voices Award)
• 2010: Spring Storm as Arthur (The National Theatre, London)
• 2010: Beyond the Horizon as Robert (The National Theatre, London)
• 2011: Million Dollar Quartet (musical) as Elvis Presley (Original London Company - Noël Coward Theatre, West End)
• 2012: The Intervention as Jed (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh)
• 2012: The Great Gatsby as Jay Gatsby (Wilton's Music Hall, London)

Discography

EP

• "Feed The Flames"
• "Knots"

Songs

• "The Bells Still Ring" (own composition / vocals)

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