Michael Showalter was a founding member of Stella with Michael Ian Black and David Wain. Showalter was an original member of the sketch comedy troupe The State which ran for four seasons on MTV. He also co-wrote, co-produced and starred in Wet Hot American Summer, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and co-starred David Hyde Pierce, Janeane Garofalo and Molly Shannon. Showalter has also lent his writing talents for numerous other shows including the MTV Video Music Awards and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

As an actor, Showalter was in the original off-Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned To Drive with Mary Louise Parker and David Morse. He also has appeared on the hit TV shows Law and Order and Sex and the City. His feature credits include Kissing Jessica Stein and M. Night Shyamalan's Signs. Showalter directed, wrote and starred in the romantic comedy The Baxter, which will be released nationwide in the summer of 2005.

Showalter was born in Princeton NJ and graduated from Brown University in Rhode Island. When he actually has a free moment he enjoys sketching cartoons. He currently resides in New York.

For more information visit the official website www.michaelshowalter.net or www.thebaxtermovie.com.