Michael Corbett (born June 20, 1956) is an American actor, author, and television personality. He is perhaps best known for his work starring in three daytime soap operas.
Career
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,[1] by a casting director who had seen him in a play. He played the role from 1979 to 1981.
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.[2] 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!. Corbett also created and executive produced Mansion Hunters for the Reelz channel.
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!.
Personal life
Corbett was a resident of Collingswood, New Jersey, and the first house he bought was next door to his grandmother's home there.[3]
^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.)"