Majid Michel

Majid Michel is a Ghanaian screen actor known for playing Shaker in the television series Things We Do for Love and for winning the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Somewhere in Africa. His career has included work within Ghanaian film and Ghana-Nigeria screen productions.

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About Majid Michel

Profile information current to 2026-08-22.

Ghana · Screen actor

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Known for: Ghanaian film and television; Ghana-Nigeria film co-productions
Country: Ghana

Screen actor

At a glance

Michel gained broad recognition through his role as Shaker in Things We Do for Love, which he identified as his first television appearance.
He won the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Somewhere in Africa.
His screen career is associated with Ghana's video-film industry and the cross-border Ghana-Nigeria production market.
Michel expressed an ambition in 2008 to direct and produce his own films, but the reviewed evidence does not verify a specific producer credit.

Background and education

In a 2008 interview, Michel said he was born on 22 September 1980 in Cantonments, Accra, to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother. He also said that he attended St. Teresa's School for his primary education and Mfantsipim Boys' Secondary School.

Screen career and recognition

Michel identified Things We Do for Love as his first television appearance and the programme that brought him broad recognition through his portrayal of Shaker. A scholarly history of Ghana's video-film industry places him among actors developed through Venus Films and discusses the wider participation of Ghanaian performers in Ghana-Nigeria co-productions. In 2012, Michel won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Somewhere in Africa.

Production ambitions

Michel said in 2008 that he wanted to become a director and producer and make his own films. That statement establishes a career aspiration at the time, but the reviewed evidence does not identify a verified producer credit or production company belonging to him; producer and editor credits encountered during the research instead relate to his sibling, Michael "Mico" Majid-Michel.

Faith and public role

In a January 2022 interview, Michel said his interest had shifted from acting toward acquiring knowledge about Christian faith, while allowing that his interest in acting could return. Media terminology concerning his religious role requires caution: a 2026 report attributed to him the position that he was not an ordained pastor, did not lead a church and preferred to be described as a teacher of the Word of God, although that account was not supported by a direct institutional record or the original interview video.

Timeline

1980-09-22 Self-reported birth in Cantonments, Accra, Ghana.
2012-04-22 Won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Somewhere in Africa.
2022-01-09 Publicly said that his interest had moved toward acquiring knowledge about Christian faith rather than pursuing acting ambitions.

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Current context

A January 2026 report attributed to Michel the position that he is not an ordained pastor, does not lead a church and prefers to be described as a teacher of the Word of God. This is a reported account of an interview shared on X rather than a direct institutional ordination record or primary video source. It should not be treated as a definitive finding about institutional status without the original interview.

Biographical facts

In a 2008 interview, Michel said he was born on 22 September 1980 in Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian mother.
Michel said he attended St. Teresa's School for primary education and Mfantsipim Boys' Secondary School.
Michel said his first television appearance was as Shaker in Things We Do for Love and described the programme as the work that brought him broad recognition.
A scholarly history of Ghana's video-film industry identifies Michel among stars developed through Venus Films and discusses Ghanaian actors' participation in Ghana-Nigeria co-productions.
Michel won the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Somewhere in Africa.
In 2008, Michel said he wanted to become a director and producer and make his own films; the statement documents an aspiration rather than a verified producer credit.
In January 2022, Michel said his interest had moved from acting toward acquiring knowledge about Christian faith, while adding that his interest in acting could return.