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Michael Socha
Michael Robert Socha (born December 13, 1987) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the films This Is England and Summer, and the television series This Is England '86 and its sequels. He also appeared in Being Human, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and the second series of the BBC One drama Showtrial.
Michael Robert Socha[citation needed] was born in 1987 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, to Kathleen Lyons ("Kath") and Robert Socha. He is the older brother of actress Lauren Socha, star of the Channel 4 comedy-drama Misfits.[citation needed]
Socha was brought up in Littleover, a suburb of Derby, though for his secondary education he attended St Benedict Catholic School in the Darley Abbey area of the city. Socha was a rebellious pupil who often skipped school. When he was 12, his mother read about a play being cast by the Chellaston Youth Players. She asked her son and daughter if they wanted to try out for it, and both did. Socha's motivation for auditioning was his anger at being denied a role in the musical and his desire to prove his teachers wrong about his acting skills. He won the lead role of Bugsy Malone in the play. He acted in several plays for the group, but did not take acting very seriously.
Through teachers at Socha's school the family learned about the Central Junior Television Workshop, a free actors' workshop for young people from the Nottingham area. He enrolled in the course when he was 14, but was almost refused admission as he had failed to learn the monologue for his audition and was put in the "reserve group". His second audition went the same way, but the programme relented and allowed him in after a time. Socha says the workshop had a strong impact on him, and he began working hard at acting. His first professional role came when he was cast in a small part in a short film. He was quickly cast in several small parts subsequently, and hired an agent.
Socha's father had a long history of alcohol abuse, and his parents separated. In 2004, Robert Socha died of an alcohol-related heart attack. According to Kathleen, the death of his father made her son very independent.
Socha liked drama, English, and history courses, however, and received his GCSEs in those three subjects. He credits his teacher, Mrs Urquhart-Hughes, as someone who watched over him and motivated him.
His first job after leaving school was in a factory. He disliked it and quit, and enrolled at Burton & South Derbyshire College, a further education college. He worked at two other factories after leaving school, as well as at a car wash. He also worked as a labourer for his uncle's bricklaying firm, mixing mortar for the bricklayers, but as he was constantly taking time off work at the last moment to attend auditions he quit working full-time and dedicated himself to acting.
Socha's breakthrough role came early in his acting career. In 2006, he was cast as school bully Harvey in Shane Meadows's skinhead subculture film, This Is England.
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Michael Socha
Michael Robert Socha (born December 13, 1987) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the films This Is England and Summer, and the television series This Is England '86 and its sequels. He also appeared in Being Human, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and the second series of the BBC One drama Showtrial.
Michael Robert Socha[citation needed] was born in 1987 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, to Kathleen Lyons ("Kath") and Robert Socha. He is the older brother of actress Lauren Socha, star of the Channel 4 comedy-drama Misfits.[citation needed]
Socha was brought up in Littleover, a suburb of Derby, though for his secondary education he attended St Benedict Catholic School in the Darley Abbey area of the city. Socha was a rebellious pupil who often skipped school. When he was 12, his mother read about a play being cast by the Chellaston Youth Players. She asked her son and daughter if they wanted to try out for it, and both did. Socha's motivation for auditioning was his anger at being denied a role in the musical and his desire to prove his teachers wrong about his acting skills. He won the lead role of Bugsy Malone in the play. He acted in several plays for the group, but did not take acting very seriously.
Through teachers at Socha's school the family learned about the Central Junior Television Workshop, a free actors' workshop for young people from the Nottingham area. He enrolled in the course when he was 14, but was almost refused admission as he had failed to learn the monologue for his audition and was put in the "reserve group". His second audition went the same way, but the programme relented and allowed him in after a time. Socha says the workshop had a strong impact on him, and he began working hard at acting. His first professional role came when he was cast in a small part in a short film. He was quickly cast in several small parts subsequently, and hired an agent.
Socha's father had a long history of alcohol abuse, and his parents separated. In 2004, Robert Socha died of an alcohol-related heart attack. According to Kathleen, the death of his father made her son very independent.
Socha liked drama, English, and history courses, however, and received his GCSEs in those three subjects. He credits his teacher, Mrs Urquhart-Hughes, as someone who watched over him and motivated him.
His first job after leaving school was in a factory. He disliked it and quit, and enrolled at Burton & South Derbyshire College, a further education college. He worked at two other factories after leaving school, as well as at a car wash. He also worked as a labourer for his uncle's bricklaying firm, mixing mortar for the bricklayers, but as he was constantly taking time off work at the last moment to attend auditions he quit working full-time and dedicated himself to acting.
Socha's breakthrough role came early in his acting career. In 2006, he was cast as school bully Harvey in Shane Meadows's skinhead subculture film, This Is England.