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Micheal Ward
Ward interviewed in 2019
Born
Micheal Ward

(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 27)
Spanish Town, Jamaica
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active2018–present
AwardsBritish Academy Film Award (2020)

Micheal Ward is a Jamaican-British actor and former model.[1][2] His films include Blue Story (2018) and The Old Guard (2020).[3] On television, he appeared in Top Boy[1] and The A List.[4] Ward was awarded the 2020 BAFTA Rising Star Award.[5][6]

Early life

Micheal Ward was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica on 18 November 1997.[7] His mother was 18 years old when he was born.[8] He has three sisters.[9] His father was killed in a car crash when he was two years old.[10] Ward then moved to Hackney, East London with his mother and sister at the age of four, with the help of his aunt and uncle who ran a Caribbean restaurant in Chadwell Heath.[10] The family later moved to Romford.[11] He attended Chadwell Heath Academy and then went to Epping Forest College to study performing arts after dropping out of sixth form.[1][12] He worked delivering food for his auntie’s restaurant as a teenager and then later worked at a bookmakers shop.[13][14]

Career

Ward started his career while he was at college where he met his teacher, Ellie Nelson, who subsequently worked for a talent management agency which Ward later signed with.[12] From the agency, he got a couple of roles starring in various music videos for artists such as Lily Allen and Tom Walker.[15]

At the age of seventeen, Ward won the Face of JD Sports modelling competition.[16] He has modelled for many well known brands since and was handpicked by Virgil Abloh to model for Louis Vuitton’s AW20 menswear campaign in August 2020.[17]

Ward made his film debut in Brotherhood in 2016.[18] He also appeared in the BBC show The A List in 2018.[19] Ward’s breakout year came in 2019, when he starred as Jamie in Netflix's revival and third series of Top Boy.[20] He also appeared in a leading role in the film Blue Story in the same year.[21] The film received critical acclaim, and Ward won the BAFTA Rising Star Award for his performance.[22]

Ward appeared in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe: Lovers Rock in 2020, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[23][24] He was cast alongside Bill Nighy in the upcoming film The Beautiful Game, which is set to come to Netflix in 2022.[25] He is also set to star opposite Olivia Colman in the upcoming film Empire Of Light directed by the Oscar winning director Sam Mendes, which began filming in early 2022.[26]

Personal life

Ward is an Arsenal FC fan.[27] He went to school with the English professional footballer Rhian Brewster.[28] Ward was named in Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020.[29] He gained British citizenship in 2015.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Brotherhood The Supporting Artists
2019 Blue Story Marco
2020 The Old Guard Lykon
2020 Good Thanks, You? Lewis Short film
2020 Looking Back Barnabas Short film
TBA Empire of Light Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018, 2021 The A List Brendan Main role (series 1)
Guest role (series 2)
2019-2022 Top Boy Jamie Main role (series 3-4)
2020 Small Axe: Lovers Rock Franklyn Anthology series

Music videos

Song Year Artist Notes
"Blessings" 2017 Tom Walker
"Trigger Bang" 2018 Lily Allen feat. Giggs
"Black" 2019 Dave

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 RTS Programme Awards Actor (Male) Top Boy Nominated [30]
National Film Awards UK Best Newcomer Blue Story Nominated
Outstanding Performance Nominated [31]
NME Awards Best Film Actor Won [32]
British Academy Film Awards Rising Star Award — Won
2021 British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actor Small Axe Nominated [33]

References

  1. ^ a b c Alexi Duggins (21 November 2019). "Micheal Ward on gritty postcode war drama 'Blue Story': "We're not glorifying anything – we're just showing how it is"". NME. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ Wolfson, Sam (17 November 2019). "Micheal Ward: 'Everywhere I go it's good vibes'" – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ "The Old Guard 2 on Netflix: Release date, cast and everything you need to know". Digital Spy. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ Alex Ritman (13 September 2020). "'Top Boy' Newcomer Micheal Ward on Landing the Top Role in the Drake-Revived Crime Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Baftas 2020: Micheal Ward accepts selfie challenge". BBC News.
  6. ^ Mel Evans (2 February 2020). "Top Boy's Michael Ward fans over Al Pacino and Robert De Niro after Baftas win". Metro. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ^ Clemenson, Matthew. "Romford actor Micheal Ward nominated for Rising Star Bafta award after starring roles in Top Boy and Blue Story". Romford Recorder.
  8. ^ a b Reel Talk with actor Michael Ward, retrieved 22 March 2022
  9. ^ ""I Need to Be in This": Rising Star Micheal Ward on Starring in Steve McQueen's New Series". Vogue. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b Dean, Jonathan. "Lovers Rock star Micheal Ward on how black culture is portrayed on screen". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  11. ^ Jackson, Kevin (13 January 2020). "Rising Star". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  12. ^ a b Joseph, Chanté. "Micheal Ward on returning to Top Boy and rubbing shoulders with Quentin Tarantino". British GQ. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  13. ^ Burgum, Becky (29 January 2020). "Top Boy's Micheal Ward Opens Up About Texting Drake And Fangirling On Set". ELLE. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  14. ^ ""I Need to Be in This": Rising Star Micheal Ward on Starring in Steve McQueen's New Series". Vogue. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  15. ^ Burgum, Becky (29 January 2020). "Top Boy's Micheal Ward Opens Up About Texting Drake And Fangirling On Set". ELLE. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  16. ^ McRae, Phoebe (3 February 2020). "Micheal Ward Started His Career as a Model". POPSUGAR Celebrity UK. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Michael Ward Looks Sharp in Louis Vuitton's FW20 Menswear Campaign". Wonderland. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  18. ^ Bell, Delano George (20 June 2020). "Jamaican-Born Actor, Micheal Ward, Stars in Cannes-Selected Film "Lover's Rock"". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  19. ^ Sophie. "The Top 10 Actors and Characters of The A List (Ranked Cast in 2021) | Series with Sophie". serieswithsophie.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Top Boy's back: Kano, Ashley Walters and Micheal Ward spill the new series' secrets". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  21. ^ Johnston, Kathleen. "Inside the controversy around this year's most vital film, Blue Story". British GQ. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  22. ^ Ritman, Alex (5 February 2020). "BAFTA Rising Star Winner Micheal Ward on the "Best Weekend" of His Life (and Waking Up in His Bow Tie)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  23. ^ Adejobi, Alicia. "Small Axe Lovers Rock: Micheal Ward on importance of Black love". Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  24. ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: The Winners and Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  25. ^ Grater, Tom (3 August 2021). "Micheal Ward & Bill Nighy Starring In Soccer Pic 'The Beautiful Game' For Netflix & Blueprint". Deadline. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  26. ^ Kroll, Justin (27 July 2021). "Sam Mendes Sets 'Small Axe: Lovers Rock's Micheal Ward To Star Opposite Olivia Colman in Searchlight's 'Empire Of Light'". Deadline. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  27. ^ "Micheal Ward: 'Everywhere I go it's good vibes'". the Guardian. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  28. ^ "Head to Head: Micheal Ward x Rhian Brewster Interview | GAFFER". gaffer.online. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  29. ^ "30 Under 30 Europe 2020: Entertainment". Forbes. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Winners of the RTS Programme Awards 2020 announced". RTS. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  31. ^ Coleman, Lucy (January 2020). "National Film Academy reveals 2020 National Film Awards UK nominations". Chelsea Monthly. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  32. ^ "'Blue Story' wins Best Film and Micheal Ward wins Best Film Actor at NME Awards 2020". NME. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  33. ^ "Television - 2020". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
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