Michael Robert Socha (born 13 December 1987) is an English actor, known for his roles in the films This Is England and Summer, and the television series This Is England '86, '88, '90, Being Human (UK), Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and the BBC Three miniseries Our World War.
Filmography
- 2006 This Is England - Bully (Harvey)
- 2008 Better Things - Mike
- 2008 Summer - Daniel
- 2008-09 CASUAL+Y - Ryan
- 2010 Married Single Other - Spud
- 2010 Shank - Craze
- 2010 Bonded by Blood - Donny Svenson
- 2010-11, 2015 This Is England - Harvey
- 2011-13 Being Human (UK) - Tom McNair
- 2012 Twenty8k - Tony Marchetto
- 2013 Svengali - Tommy
- 2013 Spike Island - Carl
- 2013-14 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - Will Scarlett
- 2014 Silent Witness - David Bennetto
- 2014 Inspector George Gently - Joe Turner
- 2014 Our World War - Private Andy Andrews
- 2014-15 Once Upon a Time - Will Scarlett
- 2016 The Aliens - Lewis Garvey
- 2017 Papillon - Julot
- 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams - Noah
- 2018 Walk Like a Panther - Ricky Rickson
- 2019 Killers Anonymous - Leandro
- 2019 Chernobyl - Mikhail
- 2019 Break Clause - Nick
- 2019 A Guide to Second Date Sex - Dan
Michael Socha provides examples of the following tropes:
- Ascended Extra: Gets promoted to the main cast in series 4 of Being Human (UK).
- Billing Displacement: Though he appears in just barely enough episodes of Once Upon a Time to qualify putting his name in the credits, his screentime is drastically limited to the point that Emilie de Ravin looks downright punctual by comparison. Will has no storyline of his own, almost no role in anybody else's storyline whatsoever, no centric episodes, and even the barest minimum role in the long-awaited flashback episode for Robin Hood, the character most directly tied to his backstory.
- Creator Backlash: He has been quite vocal that he didn't enjoy his time on Once Upon a Time because even though he was contracted for a full season he really didn't do anything while he was on set.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted with the main cast of The Aliens, which includes two Michaels (Michael Socha and Michael Smiley) and a Michaela (Michaela Coel).
- Transplant: After the cancellation of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, his character Will Scarlet was moved to the show's parent series for its fourth season. However, the writers were never sure what to do with him and any plots he may have brought with him never panned out, leading to him vanishing by the end of the season.
