[3] Easton returned to acting in 1995 with Fox's VR.5 as Duncan, co-starring with Fame alumna Lori Singer and Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Anthony Head.

He played the dual roles of a Seattle professor who is framed for murder by his previously unknown twin, and is forced to go on the run from the FBI in order to clear himself of his brother's crimes.

The show tackled topics including the struggles of drug addiction and recovery, homelessness, racism, hate crimes, HIV and AIDS, social justice, income inequality, and disproportionate Black conviction and incarceration.

The Showtime series Total Recall 2070 featured him in the leading role as David Hume, a detective partnered with a sentient and self-aware android.

The series was shot in Toronto, and is a loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" and novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Easton returned to Daytime with ABC's Port Charles, a spinoff of General Hospital that took a more supernatural turn, as he helped shape and create the vampire antagonist Caleb Morley.

[5] When Port Charles ended, Michael began work as Detective John McBain on One Life to Live in 2003 – a role he played for the next nine years.

He rejoined the GH cast on March 22, 2016, playing Dr. Hamilton Finn, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist with a penchant for waistcoats and a bearded dragon named Roxy .

[13] A member of the Writers Guild of America, Michael also adapted and wrote the screenplay for Daedelus is Dead, a short film based on an unfinished script by Doors legend Jim Morrison.

His feature detailing the life of actor Montgomery Clift is being produced by Relativity Media, while another screenplay about Ella Fitzgerald is in development with Norman Lear.

[17] Soul Stealer is a graphic novel series about a Frankenstein-like protagonist, Kalan, who searches for his lost love Oxania over the span of several centuries.

Easton released a video and special preview edition of the sequel novel, with art by Steven Perkins,[19] at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015.