Biography
Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex Dillingham. He played the role in London and on Broadway. His album Coming Home To You reached number one in the UK making it his 4th number one album to date. On 24 April 2020, Ball and Captain Tom Moore entered the UK Singles Chart at number one with a cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone", with combined chart sales of 82,000 making it the fastest-selling single of 2020.
In 1992, Ball represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second with the song "One Step Out of Time". In 1995, he reprised the role of Marius in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert. His other West End roles include Giorgio in Passion (1997) and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002). He has twice won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He won in 2008 for his role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and then in 2013 for the title role in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In 2018, he played Anatoly Sergievsky in the West End revival of Chess. He returned to Les Misérables in 2019 and 2020 as Inspector Javert and Aspects of Love in 2023 as Sir George Dillingham.Ball was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to musical theatre.
Filmography
all 66
self 40
TV Shows 36
Movies 30
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (2024)
Mary Makes It Easy (2023)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years (2021)
Take Off with Bradley & Holly (2021)
Michael Ball's Wonderful Wales (2021)
Musicals: The Greatest Show (2021)
The Royal Variety Performance 2020 (2020)
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (2020)
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together - Live in Concert (2020)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (2019)
Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100 (2018)
Ball and Boe: Back Together (2017)
Our Friend Victoria (2017)
All Round to Mrs. Brown's (2017)
The Grand Tour (2016)
Michael McIntyre's Big Show (2016)
That Day We Sang (2014)
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made (2014)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (2014)
Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013)
Michael Ball: Both Sides Now (Live in London) (2013)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2012)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (2012)
The Story of Musicals (2012)
Michael Ball - Heroes Live (2011)
OK! TV (2011)
Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream (2010)
Les Misérables - 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)
The Michael Ball Show (2010)
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
Michael Ball: Past & Present - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2009)
Tonight's the Night (2009)
Rocky Horror Tribute Show (2008)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Michael Ball: The Best Of Michael Ball (2006)
Legends (2006)
The One Show (2006)
The Apprentice: You're Fired! (2006)
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
Michael Ball - Live in London (2004)
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996)
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (1995)
England, My England (1995)
Room 101 (1994)
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (1994)
GMTV (1993)
Terry Wogan's Friday Night (1992)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore (1992)
Pebble Mill (1991)
This Morning (1988)
Aspects of Love (1988)
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
Surprise, Surprise (1984)
Wogan (1982)
An Audience with... (1978)
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Do Vegas
Captain Tom: We Salute You
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1962-06-27 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBromsgrove, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Laurence Olivier Award
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