Michael Obiora

Michael Obiora (born 8 October 1986, north London, England) is an English actor and writer.

Career

Michael Obiora was born on 8 October 1986 in north-west London to Nigerian-Igbo parents. As a six-year-old, Obiora was determined to become an entertainer like his idol Michael Jackson and his mother enrolled him in drama lessons.

At the age of nine, he became the youngest actor to have appeared in 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 ITV's eight-part series Bombshell, starring opposite Footballers Wives star Zöe Lucker. Shortly after filming Bombshell, Obirora started a seven-month run in the play Elmina's Kitchen, written by Kwame Kwei-Armah, at the Garrick Theatre. He also had a role in the stage play Exclude Me, completing a successful 11-week run on stage at The Chelsea Theatre, and lead roles in the play Fallout at the Royal Court Theatre and Badnuff at The Soho Theatre.

Obiora has had television roles in My Family, Judge John Deed, Misfits, Sea of Souls, ITV1's Afterlife , Doctor Who, Doctors, Powers, The Bill and Holby City. He was in four episodes of EastEnders, the first episode airing on 11 June 2009, in which he played playboy footballer, Ellis Prince.

Obiora played receptionist Ben Trueman in the BBC One drama series Hotel Babylon, which was cancelled after its fourth series. He joined the cast of the long-running BAFTA winning medical drama Casualty for its 26th season playing the part of Lloyd Asike, a nurse. He spent two years on the show.Michael was part of an international ensemble that formed the cast of Sky Atlantic's 2015 epic eleven-part crime thriller, Fortitude.

Personal life

Michael married his long-term partner in a beach wedding ceremony on September 20th 2014, in her native the Seychelles. Obiora is a sports and fitness enthusiast and is a keen Arsenal fan. He has written a novel, Black Shoes, that was released in e-book format in 2009.Michael published his second novel Vivian's Couch in November 2014. For years Obiora suffered from debilitating stomach pains and extreme fatigue, which caused his speech to slur and often hampered his work. In 2008 he was diagnosed with celiac disease and has thus had to control his diet.

Appearances

Year	Show	Role
1998–2002	Grange Hill	Max Abassi
2002	Doctors	Adam Charlton
2003	The Bill	Nathan Morley
2003	Holby City	Perry Green
2004	Sea of Souls	Lucas
2004	Powers	Tyrone Lewis
2004	My Family	Jack
2005	Judge John Deed	Jez Balfe
2006	Bombshell	Gunner Jackson Clark
2006	Afterlife	Terence Olivets
2006–2009	Hotel Babylon	Ben Trueman
2007	Doctor Who	DI Billy Shipton
2007	The MOBOS	Himself; Guest Presenter
2007	Children in Need	Ben Trueman
2008	Big Brothers Big Mouth	Himself
2008	Nuts TV	Himself
2008 - 2015	The Wright Stuff	Himself; Guest Panelist
2008	Soccer AM	Himself
2008	Ready Steady Cook	Himself; Contestant
2008	Breakfast	Himself
2009 - 2015	OH TV	Himself; Guest Panelist
2009	Celebrity MasterChef	Himself
2009	EastEnders	Ellis
2009	Misfits	Detective Pete
2011	Lethal	Andrew
2011–2013	Casualty	Lloyd Asike
2015	Fortitude	Max Cordero
2015	Luther	Errol Minty

See also

• List of people diagnosed with coeliac disease

External links

• Michael Obiora – The Official Website
• Michael Obiora at the Internet Movie Database