Mitch Hewer

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Hewer in 2007
Born
Mitchell Scott Hewer

(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34)
Bristol, England
Alma mater South West Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2006–2017

Mitchell Scott Hewer [1] (born 1 July 1989) is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama Skins . He has also starred in Britannia High as the all-round talent Danny Miller.

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Career

In 2006, Hewer was cast as Maxxie Oliver in the teen drama, Skins . He appeared on the cover of the March and October 2007 issues of gay magazine Attitude , as part of a "Gays on TV" feature which included stars from Skins, Hollyoaks , Coronation Street and Shameless . [2] He also appeared nude in the June 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan in aid of testicular cancer research. [3] [4]

Hewer starred in the music drama Britannia High , in the role of Danny Miller. He also appears on the Britannia High soundtrack. [5] He also appeared on the popular ITV and ITV2 shows Xtra Factor , This Morning , Richard and Judy's New Position and on the BBC comedy show Never Mind the Buzzcocks alongside team captain Davina McCall and singer Alesha Dixon.

In December 2009, Hewer appeared in the musical Never Forget , based on the songs of boyband Take That. He played stripper Dirty Harry alongside Michelle Collins. The show took place at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, London. [6] [7]

In 2014, he appeared as Ben in Nightlight [8] and as Steven Stevens in Behaving Badly , the film adaptation of Ric Browde's novel While I'm Dead Feed the Dog .

Hewer joined the cast of Casualty as Mickey Ellisson in 2017. [9]

Personal life

Born in Bristol, Hewer trained at South West Academy of Dramatic Arts. [10] He appeared in the music video "The Club" by Lisa Morgan. [11] He has a sister named Samantha and he has a daughter named Aria Isabella.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2008 Skins Maxxie Oliver Lead role (19 episodes)
2008 Britannia High Danny Miller Lead role (9 episodes)
2016–2017 Casualty Mickey EllissonRecurring role (8 episodes)

Film

YearTitleRole
2014 Behaving Badly Steven Stevens
2015 Nightlight Ben

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References

  1. Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984-2004. Gives name at birth as "Mitchell Scott Hewer", but also registered as "Mitchell Scott Collingbourne".
  2. Michael, Christopher (26 January 2009). "Mitch Hewer : Attitude Magazine" . Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  3. Wade, Jon (17 March 2010). "Mitch Hewer's Fitness Workouts and Health Secrets". Motley Health. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  4. "Cosmo Centrefold: Mitch Hewer". Cosmopolitan. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. "Hurrah! Sexy Skins star returns to our screens". Heatworld . 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  6. Moody, Graham (27 October 2009). "Musical: Never Forget at Fairfield Halls, Croydon". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  7. Hewer's Twitter – 3:32 AM Oct 24th "i will be in croydon (london) over christmas doing a musical called 'never forget' for 10 days.. :)"
  8. Nightlight
  9. Dainty, Sophie (16 March 2017). "Skins star Mitch Hewer is joining Casualty in a recurring guest role as Mickey Ellison". Digital Spy . Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. "Press Release" (Press release). Filton.ac.uk. 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
  11. "Mitch Hewer on SideReel". Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.