Mike O actor & model shares his story

Mike O, (born September 23 1999) known professionally as a British Nigerian Actor and Model, raised in London, UK. Mike O has six half-siblings: a sister from his mother, and five sisters from his father. He is the youngest and only male offspring of the family. Mike O grew up in East London.

He went from Avenue primary school, playing the King in his school production of ‘King Midas’ to The BRIT School of Performing Arts to being a graduate at Guildford School of Acting – one of the leading Drama Schools in UK.

He started acting because Mike O: “I remember watching home alone as a little kid and saying to myself “I want to be in that”. It was so lively, mischievous and full of adventure and I knew from there on out that acting was what I wanted to do. Plus my mom was into acting too so it’s in the blood!”.

Whilst building his career, Mike O has done a variety of work ranging from Stage, Commercial all the way to Film. Mike O future plans “I want to be a part of bringing stories – whether happy or not, easy or hard, comfortable or uncomfortable – to life.

Every story has a right to be heard, it goes bigger than me. It’s not even about me but the story. Therefore, the part that I can play within that story, that will help elevate its performance is what I want to be doing and what I want to contribute” Mike O grew up watching actors such as: Will Smith, Michael Ealy, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson and Denzel Washington. He would like to work with: Jordan Peele and Kevin Hart and do some work with networks such as: HBO, NETFLIX, MARVEL and many more!

Watch out for Mike O. As an Uprising Actor setting up for projects, this is a name to remember!

More details can be found on IMDB: MIKE 0