
Michael Socha
Department: Acting
Biography
Michael Robert Socha (born December 13, 1987) is an English actor, best known for his role in the Channel 4 drama television series This Is England '86, and a role in the Channel 4 drama The Unloved. He attended Burton College, Saint Benedict Catholic School, Derby and he trained with the Chellaston Youth Players. He was also seen in the BBC Three horror-drama series Being Human in 2011. He is the older brother of actress Lauren Socha who stars in Channel 4 comedy-drama, Misfits.
Known For

Summer
2008

Shank
2010

Bonded by Blood
2010

The Other Me
2022

The Unloved
2009

Lady Margaret
2007

Twenty8K
2012

Svengali
2013

Jericho Ridge
2024

Distressing Images
2023

Big Boys Don’t Cry
2022

Showpony
2024

Spike Island
2012

Soft
2007

Dogging: A Love Story
2009

This Is England
2007

Go Away!
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Harvest
2009

Papillon
2017

Double Date
2017

Pram Snatcher
2022

Better Things
2008

Walk Like a Panther
2018

A Guide to Second Date Sex
2019

Killers Anonymous
2019

The Keeper
2018

Jade
2009

Break Clause
2019

Creation Stories
2021

Edicius
2021

Bale
2009

Tales of the Creeping Death
2021

500 Miles
2026

Preschool
2026

Salvable
2025

Labour
2010

Creatures of the Night
2025

Young Stalin
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This Is England '86
2010

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013

The Aliens
2016

Paradox
2009

Showtrial
2021

Toxic Town
2025

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017

Our World War
2014

This Is England '90
2015

This Is England '88
2011

Once Upon a Time
2011

Skint
2022

On the Edge
2018

The Gallows Pole: This Valley Will Rise
2023

Chernobyl
2019

Changing Ends
2023

Time
2021

Being Human
2009

The Cage
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DI Ray
2022

What It Feels Like for a Girl
2025

Married Single Other
2010

Dive
2010