A Two Time Tony Award, Six Time Tony Nominee, and Grammy Award Winner. In 2017, Cerveris received the Citizen-Artist Award from the United States Conference of Mayors, which “recognizes artists who have made the highest contributions both in their professional artistic endeavors to advance the arts as well as in their personal charitable pursuits to improve the world."

Theater includes Tommy, Fun Home, Evita, LoveMusik, In The Next Room, and Hedwig in New York, Los Angeles and London.
Television includes The Gilded Age, Mindhunter, Fringe, Billions, and Fame. Film includes Ant Man And Wasp, The Mexican, Stakeland, and Cirque Du Freak The Vampire's Assistant

Michael toured the US/UK with punk rock icon Bob Mould. He currently divides his time between New York and New Orleans where he co leads the Americana band Loose Cattle with a debut album, Heavy Lifting, and upcoming album, Someone's Monster, as well as two solo records, all released on Low Heat Records.