Mig Ayesa
Mig Ayesa was born in Manila, Luzon, Philippines on January 12th, 1970 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 54, Mig Ayesa biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 54 years old, Mig Ayesa physical status not available right now. We will update Mig Ayesa's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.
Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda (born 12 January 1970) is a Filipino-Australian singer and actor who appeared in stage productions of We Will Rock You (London); Thriller Live and Bridges of Madison County.
Life and career
Ayesa was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney. Ayesa was studying communications at Macquarie University in Sydney when he was offered the role of Ritchie Valens in the theatre production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. He decided to put his studies on hold and went on tour with the production all across Australia. He has since performed in theatres, commercials, television series and film. He has also been a part of several bands: Randy Badass and the Slickmaster Five, Lovetown, The Honkies and The Riva Band.
Ayesa moved from Sydney to London in 2001 to look for a publishing company for his material. He appeared in Rent by Jonathan Larson in London's West End in 2002 playing the role of Angel at The Prince of Wales Theatre. Ayesa played the character of Galileo Figaro in the musical We Will Rock You, which is based entirely on Queen material. In the final months of 2007, Ayesa returned to the stage as Galileo Figaro in the International Tour of We Will Rock You, successfully completing runs in New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and finishing in Bangkok with his debut CD being released in those respective countries.
Ayesa appeared in Handel's Messiah Rocks in 2008, which was released on CD/DVD fall of 2009, as well as airing as a PBS-TV special across the USA.
In January 2010, Ayesa made his Broadway debut in Jason Gilkison's ballroom dancing revue Burn the Floor. He toured with the show to Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada, and the U.S. In September 2010, Ayesa opened the first national tour of Rock of Ages, in the role of rocker Stacee Jaxx. In March 2011, he returned to Broadway and as Stacee Jaxx for the show's reopening at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
Ayesa returned to London to reprise his role in Thriller Live in January 2012. In May of that year, he reprised the role of Stacee Jaxx in a completely sold out new production of Rock of Ages in the Philippines.
In February 2013, Ayesa reprised the role of Galileo Figaro for the 2013 We Will Rock You 10th Anniversary World Arena Tour, successfully completing runs in Finland, Denmark, the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Croatia. In June, he returned to the Philippines for Rock of Ages, again as Stacee Jaxx, and also for a third season in October 2014.
Ayesa performed The Music of Queen - Rock and Symphonic Spectacular in Sydney and Perth with fellow former We Will Rock You cast members Michael Falzon, Amanda Harrison and Carly Thomas-Smith. The concert series began on 7 February 2014 followed by two performances on 8 February at Sydney Opera House, before three performances in Perth, Western Australia (Joondalup Resort, Riverside Theatre and Boardwalk Theatre) with the Perth Symphony Orchestra. All three of the Opera House performances sold out and the Perth shows were at capacity, including an 8000-person event for the City of Joondalup at the Joondalup Resort. In June, Ayesa returned to New Zealand to play Rooster in Annie. He returned to the West End in November for Thriller Live, which then toured Australia and New Zealand.
In November 2015, Ayesa returned to the Philippines to star as Robert Kincaid in the first international production of The Bridges of Madison County. The production also starred Joanna Ampil and ran from 20 November till 6 December. It was the first production of the musical outside the US.
In 2018, Ayesa starred in the Philippine-Australian jukebox musical All Out of Love: The Musical, which is based on the songs of Air Supply.
Ayesa is also known for working in the role of the money-grubbing landlord Joe, in the kids television show The Ferals on the ABC. He also had a small part in the film Queen of the Damned as a vampire who was out to kill Lestat for spreading vampire secrets. He also played Danny Zuko in Grease.
Ayesa was also a competitor of the CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J. D. Fortune. While Ayesa got off to a shaky start with his version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", he quickly recovered and became a front runner with versions of "Live and Let Die" and "Baby, I Love Your Way", receiving third place in the worldwide competition.
In November 2014, Ayesa announced the launch of his new TV travel reality show Fil It Up. Co-hosted with Sophie Sumner, it aired in January 2015. In conjunction with this, Ayesa released the new video for United As One.