Actor, J Michael Briggs was born in Houston Texas. His career in entertainment started out in music.

In 1989 while attempting to further his music career in Hollywood, J Michael, on the advice of actor friend, Peer Ebbighousen, started to do background work to make extra money. While working on a TV comedy for Disney/NBC called Hull High, director Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Newsies) befriended and put him in front of the camera for the first time. After that, everything changed.