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Micheal Ward

Micheal Ward

6 movies on Netflix

Biography

Micheal Ward is a British actor and model from Spanish Town, Jamaica, who grew up in east London. He started out at college through a talent agency, appearing in music videos, and at seventeen he came first in a modeling contest run by JD Sports. Brotherhood in 2016 was his film debut, and he starred in the BBC teen thriller The A List in 2018. His breakthrough came as Jamie in the Netflix revival of Top Boy, which ran from 2019 to 2022, and he took a leading role in Blue Story (2019). In 2020 he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award and earned a supporting actor BAFTA nomination for Steve McQueen's Small Axe: Lovers Rock. He starred in Sam Mendes's Empire of Light (2022), which brought him a supporting actor BAFTA nomination, then appeared in The Book of Clarence (2023), The Beautiful Game (2024) and Ari Aster's Eddington (2025).

28years old

Turns 29 on November 18in 34 days

  • Born Spanish Town 11.
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21

Movie Career

Films
6
Career span
6 years2019 to 2025

Genres

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  1. A change of course

    Ward has modeled for several brands, and in August 2020 Virgil Abloh chose him personally to model for the Louis Vuitton AW20 menswear campaign.

  2. Big break

    In 2019, Ward played Jamie in Top Boy, the Netflix revival that served as the show's third series. That year marked his breakout.

Micheal Ward movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Eddington2025 Comedy, Crime, Westernas Michael Cooke

    IMDb rating 6.666K votes

  2. Empire of Light2022 Drama, Romanceas Stephen

    IMDb rating 6.728K votes

  3. Blue Story2019as Marco

    IMDb rating 6.39.8K votes

  4. The Beautiful Game2024as Vinny

    IMDb rating 6.39.3K votes

  5. Beauty2022as Cain

    IMDb rating 4.2954 votes

  6. The Book of Clarence2023as Judas

    IMDb rating 5.78.4K votes

Worked with

Micheal Ward shares two films with Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Tom Vaughan-LawlorEric Kofi Abrefa, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Eric Kofi AbrefaBill Nighy, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Bill NighyToby Jones, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Toby JonesColin Firth, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Colin FirthGiancarlo Esposito, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Giancarlo EspositoAri AsterDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Ari AsterSam MendesDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Sam MendesRapmanDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Rapman

Films together

Awards

Two awards and honors, one of them major.

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Micheal Ward's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
BAFTA
Rising Star AwardWon
Other honors
NME Awards 2020Won

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