Mike Bailey (actor)

{{short description|English actor and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{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''.<ref name="telegraph">{{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}}</ref>

In 2017, Bailey left his acting career and became a teacher.<ref name="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}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="sid">{{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}}</ref>

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

In March 2012, he filmed in Birmingham for teen comedy ''We Are the Freaks'',<ref name="freaks">{{Cite news |url=https://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 }}</ref> directed by Justin Edgar and produced by Alex Usborne at 104 Films. The show released in 2013.<ref name="freaks"/>

==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 at Bedminster Down School in Bristol.

==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 <ref name="telegraph" /> |- ! 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 <ref name="battle" /> |- | ''Three Moments in Heaven'' |Jamie | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''We Are the Freaks'' | Parsons | <ref name="freaks" /> |- |''Faulty'' |Nigel | |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''Reunion in Hell'' | Milo | |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Hers and History'' | Luke | Web series 8 episodes |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Mike Bailey}} * {{IMDb name|2354239}}

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