Dublin native Michael Judd worked in Irish theatre and television since the 1980s. He emigrated to the United States and the New York stage in particular, where he worked for a period of 14 years. While in New York, he co-founded the theatre company Banba’s Crown with his wife Sinead Colreavy and four other actors. In 2002, he returned to Ireland and has taken on many roles including that of Oscar Wilde in his and Sinead's own adaptation of Micheál MacLiammóir's play "The Importance of Being Oscar".