Born in Los Angeles The campus of the High School he attended contained a Public Access TV Station that allowed him to produce direct write and appear as onscreen talent for various shows that were broadcast to the community He attended Los Angeles Valley College intending to become either a camera person or director While there he became a Disc Jockey for the College radio station that was broadcast to the San Fernando Valley and became one half of the onair morning comedy team He also wrote and performed many radio plays and sketches He began studying acting with various schools and instructors including Stella Adler and wellestablished character actor Bruce Glover He began appearing in many stage productions His first principal movie role was in Weird Science as a supporting character working with John Hughes Unfortunately John Hughes did not have final cut approval and Mikuls 10 scenes were cut almost entirely Mikul was cast at Detective Garner in the longrunning Witchcraft movie series and that started a period of appearing in many B horror movies Many of them bad but fun to watch Throughout his career he has continued working behindthescenes on an uncountable amount of projects in virtually every aspect of filmmaking He became a photographer early on as a way to help other actors against high cost head shots He continues to photograph actors models musicians and authors and works as a onset and behindthescenes photographer