# Mike Bailey (actor)

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Sid_Jenkins) in the first two seasons of the British teen drama ''[Skins](/source/Skins_(British_TV_series))''.<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](/source/musical_ensemble) version of "[Wild World](/source/Wild_World_(song))" by [Cat Stevens](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Birmingham) for [teen comedy](/source/Teen_film) ''[We Are the Freaks](/source/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](/source/Justin_Edgar) and produced by Alex Usborne at [104 Films](/source/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](/source/Teacher_education), and now works as a [secondary school](/source/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](/source/Skins_(UK_TV_series))''
| Sid Jenkins
| 19 episodes <ref name="telegraph" />
|- 
! scope="row" | 2007
|''[Skins: The Lost Weeks](/source/Skins_(British_TV_series))''
| Sid Jenkins
| Web series, 3 episodes
|- 
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''[1066: The Battle for Middle Earth](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from Bristol
Category:Schoolteachers from Bristol
Category:21st-century English male singers

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