Michael was born on March 15, 1964 at 11:23 AM in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Growing up, Michael had to repeat the 2nd grade. Michael also lived with a foreign exchange student as a kid, that he called his brother. Michael stopped calling him his brother when the foreign exchange student stole his jeans and left Michael with shorts in winter. Michael is currently the manager of the Scranton branch of paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin. He works hard. "That's what she said."