Mike Bailey (actor)

{{Infobox person

| name = Mike Bailey

| image = Mike Bailey cropped.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Bailey in 2007

| birth_name = Michael James Bailey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|6}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2002–2017

}}

Michael James Bailey (born 6 April 1988) is an English former actor. He is best known for playing the role of Sid Jenkins in the first two seasons of the British teen drama Skins.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3670927/Skins-the-wild-bunch.html |title=Skins: the wild bunch |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=31 January 2008| accessdate=28 January 2015}}

In 2017, Bailey left his acting career and became a teacher.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-02|title='Skins' actor Mike Bailey quits acting to become a school teacher|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/skins-actor-mike-bailey-sid-quits-acting-school-teacher-2768101|access-date=2021-04-09|website=NME|language=en-GB}}

Career

In the Skins series 1 finale, Bailey sang a musical ensemble version of "Wild World" by Cat Stevens. He, along with the rest of the main cast of series 1 and 2, did not return for the third series.{{Cite web|title=Whatever happened to Sid from Skins?|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/whatever-happened-to-sid-from-skins/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Radio Times|language=en}}

He also appeared in the Channel 4 drama 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth as Tofi, which was broadcast in May 2009.{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7725000/7725355.stm |title=Skins actor unveils new project |publisher=BBC News|date=31 December 2008 |accessdate=28 January 2015}}

In March 2012, he filmed in Birmingham for teen comedy We Are the Freaks,{{Cite news |url=http://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-are-freaks.html |title=We Are The Freaks |newspaper=Screenterrier |date=10 March 2012 |accessdate=10 March 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120417213519/http://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-are-freaks.html |archive-date=17 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} directed by Justin Edgar and produced by Alex Usborne at 104 Films. The show released in 2013.

Personal life

After Bailey's last project in 2017, he completed a drama degree and completed teacher training, and now works as a secondary school drama teacher.

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes/ref.
scope="row" \| 2007–2008 \| Skins \| Sid Jenkins \| 19 episodes
scope="row" \| 2007 \|Skins: The Lost Weeks \| Sid Jenkins \| Web series, 3 episodes
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth \| Tofi \| 2 episodes
Three Moments in Heaven \|Jamie \|
scope="row" rowspan="2" \| 2013 \| We Are the Freaks \| Parsons \|
Faulty \|Nigel \|
scope="row" \| 2016 \| Reunion in Hell \| Milo \|
scope="row" \| 2017 \| Hers and History \| Luke \| Web series 8 episodes

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes/ref.

scope="row" | 2007–2008

| Skins

| Sid Jenkins

| 19 episodes

scope="row" | 2007

|Skins: The Lost Weeks

| Sid Jenkins