Michael Dixon
Birthday: | Place of Birth: Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England, UKMichael Dixon (born 1983, in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England) is a British actor and editor who attended Bolton-le-Sands Primary School and Morecambe High School before moving south at eighteen to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He was still a student at LAMDA when he successfully auditioned for the role of Macedonian soldier Dimnus in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004). His father was entertainment impresario Geoff Dixon Senior and his mother was former beauty queen Marcelline Dixon; his brother Geoff is a musician. On stage he performed Off-Broadway in New York with David Oyelowo in James Kerr's translation of Prometheus Bound, and in Private Lilywhite's Dead, At the End of Everything Else, and Stone Cold Murder. His most notable film credits include Barry in Cashback (2006, directed by Sean Biggerstaff), Campfire Soldier in Alexander (2004, directed by Oliver Stone), Dusty Walsh in The Tree of Life (2011, directed by Terrence Malick), Lead Bomber Gunner in Red Tails (2012, with Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jayson in I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013), Brad in The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), and George in Act of Grace (2008). On television he appeared as Dave in Doctor Who (2013), Sentry Constable in Humans (2015), Sam Taylor in Blue Murder (2003–2009), and as a recurring character in Impact of Murder (2019–2020), with additional credits in Hollyoaks (2013, 2018), Coronation Street (2006, 2017), Doctors (2000, 2017–2020), and The Street (2006).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Derek
as Fantasy Dad
as Jayson
as George
as Brad Kopple
as Barry Brickman
as Barry
