Majid Michel (22 September 1980) is a Ghanaian pastor and actor. He
received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Africa
Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017. He
eventually won the award in 2012 after three previous consecutive
nominations.Michel was born in Cantonments, a suburb of the Ghanaian
capital Accra. The son of a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother, he
grew up in Accra with his nine siblings. He attended St. Theresa's
Primary School, and later, the Mfantsipim School, the alma mater of
Van Vicker and also of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan. In secondary school, Michel was actively involved in theatre
and was a member of the school's Drama Club. As a member of the drama
club, he received a Best Actor Award in one of their performances on
Emancipation Day in Cape Coast, Ghana.Michel entered professional
acting by auditioning for a modelling agency; a neighbour had
introduced him to that agency. He was invited to join the modelling
agency, Super Model Agency, on the behest of his next-door neighbour.
He starred in the television series Things We Do for Love, acquiring
his nickname "Shaker" on the set. His role in Things We Do for Love
was to be played by a Lebanese boy, and Michel attributes being given
the role due to his Lebanese heritage. In a 2017 interview with Star
FM Ghana, Majid explained that he didn't get the role for the first
film he auditioned due to poor acting from him, describing his
"passion for acting" as what made him to continue to press forward in
the film industry.
received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Africa
Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017. He
eventually won the award in 2012 after three previous consecutive
nominations.Michel was born in Cantonments, a suburb of the Ghanaian
capital Accra. The son of a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother, he
grew up in Accra with his nine siblings. He attended St. Theresa's
Primary School, and later, the Mfantsipim School, the alma mater of
Van Vicker and also of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan. In secondary school, Michel was actively involved in theatre
and was a member of the school's Drama Club. As a member of the drama
club, he received a Best Actor Award in one of their performances on
Emancipation Day in Cape Coast, Ghana.Michel entered professional
acting by auditioning for a modelling agency; a neighbour had
introduced him to that agency. He was invited to join the modelling
agency, Super Model Agency, on the behest of his next-door neighbour.
He starred in the television series Things We Do for Love, acquiring
his nickname "Shaker" on the set. His role in Things We Do for Love
was to be played by a Lebanese boy, and Michel attributes being given
the role due to his Lebanese heritage. In a 2017 interview with Star
FM Ghana, Majid explained that he didn't get the role for the first
film he auditioned due to poor acting from him, describing his
"passion for acting" as what made him to continue to press forward in
the film industry.
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