Winner of the BAFTA Rising Star Award, Micheal Ward’s career so far has been one of thoughtful roles and realisation of dreams. Having messaged Ashley Walters as a teenager asking to be in Top Boy, Ward bagged the lead role in the Drake-produced reboot of the series in 2019, and starred in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology in Lovers Rock, named by Barack Obama as one of his favourite films of 2020. Ward is currently filming Sam Mendes-helmed period drama Empire of Light, playing alongside Olivia Colman. Hollywood beckons for one of the UK’s top talents.
