Did You Know Michael Bublé Was an Actor Before His Singing Career Took Off?
The Voice Coach also nearly became a commercial fisherman, believe it or not.
Michael Bublé: Grammy winner, master impressionist, hockey aficionado, proud Canadian, and.... actor? The reigning champion of The Voice has a handful of acting credits from before his first major label album propelled him to stardom, and it's crazy to think there's a world in which we might have gotten a full acting career out of him.
Read on to learn all about Bublé's acting roles through the years.
What were Michael Bublé's first acting roles?
Bublé, who would have been only in his 20s at the time of filming, had an uncredited role as a sailor on a sunken submarine in a two-episode storyline on The X-Files that aired in 1996. The sci-fi series filmed in his homeland of Canada, and somewhere up there is a local casting director who can technically say they discovered Michael Bublé.
The same year, he made his TV movie debut as a "Drome groupie" in the action-adventure flick Death Game. We don't know what a Drome groupie is either, but it sounds intense.
In 2000, Bublé nabbed the part of a singer (naturally) in the finale of Duets, directed by Bruce Paltrow and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Hey Lewis. By 2001, he was cast as love interest Van Martin in the rom-com Totally Blonde, with his name on the poster and everything. Not only did he play a crooner, he sang on the movie's soundtrack.
Then in 2003, Bublé played "Hap" in the survival drama The Snow Walker, the last time he'd appear as anyone but a version of himself. He also made his first cameo appearance, on an episode of the long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives. This year was the turning point from getting bit parts to being a sought-after name and face because it's when his first major label album, Michael Bublé, produced by industry legends David Foster and Paul Anka, debuted to great success.
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There was no turning back. In 2007, a journalist asked Bublé if he'd like to pursue acting, and his (jokingly) responded, "No, not unless it's soft-core porn. Or hard-core. That would be okay, too.”
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Michael Bublé also appeared on Saturday Night Live
Though he left acting full-time behind, his easygoing charm and comfort in front of the camera are still a huge part of his career. One especially iconic Bublé-on-TV moment is from his first episode as a Musical Guest on Saturday Night Live in 2010, in which he joined Host Jon Hamm for a brilliantly silly sketch about a restaurant inspired by their last names.
His current gig as a Coach on The Voice certainly shows off his screen presence, and it's a world away from his first job as a teenager — working as a commercial fisherman with his father during summer breaks.
