Trivia

Mando not only lends his voice, face and body to the infamous Vaas in Far Cry 3, but he also co-created the character with Ubisoft. The company was so pleased with his audition, that they created a new character based on his liking and acting choices.

By his early 20s, Michael had already lived in 10 cities, 5 countries, 4 continents and over 35 different houses, which helped him better absorb different cultures and behaviors.

While recording his famous "insanity" scene for Far Cry 3, Michael sat in a dark room alone talking to a tennis ball on a pole.

Michael Mando and Bob Odenkirk became good friends during the shooting of Better Call Saul (2015).

Michael's mother tongue is French - he is also fluent in English, Arabic and Spanish.

Mando has attended 2 universities, 4 high schools and 3 colleges - He had a lot of trouble deciding what he wanted to do growing up; bouncing between economy, psychology and international relations. He discovered acting for the first time in his early twenties. He quickly excelled and fell in love with the craft because it married his 3 first loves into a single profession: sports, music and poetry.

During his teens, he competitively played football, ice hockey and soccer. He still plays recreational soccer and basketball.

Michael is also a singer/songwriter who loves jamming with local musicians when filming.

He practices weapons training and mixed martial arts including Jeet Kune Do and Jiu Jitsu.

His first professional appearance, in which he played the title role, earned a record breaking 5 MECCA nominations.

Athletics have been a big part of Michael's life, who played competitive ice hockey (left wing), football (tail back) and soccer (middle field).

Mando is the Artistic Director and President of Red Barlo Productions.

Is a huge fan of musician and composer Quincy Jones.

Michael played the lead in all 5 Productions at The Dome Theatre where is he is praised by the Chairman as "one of the finest talents to emerge from the program in the last 25 years".

In a TV interview with Seth Meyers, Michael Mando talks about being terrified of snakes. When shooting Better Call Saul (2015) on location in New Mexico, he admits being really scared when checking the script for planned exterior scenes where there could be snakes. As a means of trying to overcome this fear, his costume designer Jennifer L. Bryan created a snake earring that the actor wore in many of his scenes.