Michael's career dates back to high school, when he worked as a commercial radio announcer, initially with local FM station KTRX.

He quickly moved into the regional market by working with stations KKJO-FM and KSFT-FM, which broadcast to the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas areas.

Some of Burg's recent credits include the feature film Love is Strange appearing opposite Alfred Molina and John Lithgow, Broad City on Comedy Central, the role of Detective Charley Griggs in Gotham, HBO's The Night of directed and written by Steve Zaillian and HBO's 2016 series Vinyl, created by Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter.

Burg lived in Missouri until the age of 19, working in radio, at stations KTRX 93.5 and KKJO, until moving to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

After his father's death, when he was still in high school, Burg inherited his paternal family's 6th generation farmland in Atchison County, Missouri, which sits in one of America's wind farm belts.