Michael Tayles is a Canadain actor appearing as "Red" opposite Sam Elliot and on the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Ranger The cook and A Hole in the Sky (1995), and survivor "Pancho Delgado" in Paramount Pictures' Alive alongside Ethan Hawke (1993). Tayles leaves an unforgettable impression with his popular guest-starring and recurring roles, namely as "Walt" in Gemini, 3 time nominated series Destiny Ridge (1993) and "Dr. Graydon" on the Stargate: Atlantis (2007); as "Simon", in USA's Dead Ahead (1996); as "Ewan" in the much loved The L Word (2005) and alongside Edward James Olmos and Jamie Bamber as Viper pilot "Flyboy" of the hit series Battlestar Galactica 2.01 and 2.02, (2006). He appeared as "Deputy Billy Maxwell" alongside Lance Henrickson and Terry O'Quinn in Millennium (1997). Tayles has starred and appeared in several independent and studio pictures, including The Bed (2003), Cool Money (2005), and "Ken Johnston" in The BBC Docu-drama: Surviving Disaster (2006). He then appeared opposite Margaita Levieva, as "Young Cop", in David S. Goyer's The Invisible (2007). Tayles appears alongside Jeffery Wright in Hold the Dark (2018) and has been training with renowned coaches like Warren Robertson, David Rotenberg and Lewis Baumander.