Nominated for a
Canadian Comedy Award in 2010 for his appearance at the
Winnipeg Comedy Festival, he filmed his own half-hour special for
The Comedy Network series
Comedy Now! the same year. His career as a comedian significantly took off with his 2012 comedy special
One Skinny Bitch, which was released as a direct download and in
DVD format. The special, taped at
Yuk Yuk's in
Toronto,
Ontario, In 2014, he was a finalist in
Sirius XM Canada's Top Comic competition,
Vancouver Pride appears frequently on the
CBC Radio One comedy series
The Debaters and the Comedy Network edition of
Match Game, and has had several stage roles in theatre productions in
Vancouver. In 2016 he released his album
Family Highs, which debuted at number 1 on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. In 2018, he was the first comedian to release a 60-minute stand up special on
CraveTV. Produced by
Just for Laughs the special
Darcy Michael Goes to Church was called "the queer stand up special you've been waiting for" by
Now Magazine. In 2021 Michael launched a TikTok account with his husband Jeremy that has quickly grown to over 2 million followers and over 30 million likes. Around the same time he launched a podcast,
High School Sucked, with comedian
Jane Stanton that consistently charted in the top 100 comedy podcasts worldwide. In April 2021,
BuzzFeed said "If you're not listening to High School Sucked, you're missing out." In 2023, Michael, alongside his husband, started their No Refunds stand up tour across North America - in 2024, they expanded to over 45 cities and announced Europe and UK dates as well. ==Personal life==