Michael Obiora

Michael Obiora born 8 October 1986 is a British actor writer director and producer Michael Obiora pronounced OHBEEORA was born on 8 October 1986 in northwest London England to NigerianIgbo parents As a sixyearold he was determined to become an entertainer like his idol Michael Jackson and his mother enrolled him in drama lessons He describes having challenging teen years as he was once badly injured later expelled from secondary school before his GCSEs and then his father died At the age of nine Obiora became the youngest actor to have appeared in the childrens television series Grange Hill he played Max Abassi on the programme for five years Just before his 18th birthday Obiora landed a role playing the part of Gunner Jackson Clarke a soldier in ITVs eightpart series Bombshell Shortly after filming that series he started a sevenmonth run as one of the leads in the awardwinning play Elminas Kitchen at the Garrick Theatre He later had the lead role in the play Exclude Me in an 11week run at the Chelsea Theatre and lead roles in the plays Fallout at the Royal Court Theatre Badnuff at the Soho Theatre and Headstone at the Arcola Theatre Obiora has had television roles in My Family Judge John Deed Misfits Sea of Souls Afterlife and the acclaimed 2007 Doctor Who episode Blink He has also starred in Doctors Powers The Bill for five episodes as Nathan Morley and Holby City In 2009 he appeared in four episodes of EastEnders as playboy footballer Ellis Prince Obiora gained attention as the openly gay receptionist Ben Trueman in the main cast of the drama series Hotel Babylon 20062009 He played nurse Lloyd Asike for two seasons 20112013 on the longrunning medical drama Casualty He was part of international ensemble that formed the cast of the 2015 epic elevenpart crime thriller Fortitude filmed in Iceland He then appeared in the 2016 film Hooten the Lady shot in South Africa