Skins star Mike Bailey appears to have left the world of showbiz behind him – and brought to instructing as a substitute.
Mike performed the fan favorite, beanie-clad Sid Jenkins within the teen comedy-drama for the primary two of its seven sequence run.
First showing as Sid again in 2007, his character was one of the best mate of Nicolas Hoult’s enigmatic Tony.
Now 32, Mike’s in instructing – and his college students have uncovered his well-known previous.
Actually, one in all them was so excited to have a celeb for a instructor that they filmed one in all his classes for TikTok.
“Sid from Skins (Mike Bailey) teaches in my college,” the scholar captioned the video.
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“Yeah he teaches drama,” agreed one other on Reddit.
Followers final noticed Sid when he touched down in New York Metropolis on the finish of the second sequence, a part of his dogged pursuit of Hannah Murray’s Cassie Ainsworth.
Mike went on to star in flick We Are The Freaks in 2013, amongst numerous different tasks.
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His ultimate performing credit score is for 2017’s Defective, during which he performs a personality referred to as Nigel.
He tied the knot in 2015, and a few of his Skins co-stars have been thought to have been in attendance.
In 2017 he opened up about leaving the performing world, telling Radio Occasions : “I sort of thought ‘what the f**ok am I doing with my life?’ and ended up getting in a dialog with the spouse a few years in the past and determined that those that cannot act train.
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“10 years in the past I by no means thought I would nonetheless be speaking about it, however [Sid] nonetheless does pop up each every now and then.
“I imply, it is at all times sort of been there. It is sort of fizzled out through the years, however I imply, it was at all times an excellent factor.”
Skins served as a launchpad for the careers of numerous massive Hollywood names, together with Nicolas, Kaya Scodelario (Effy) and Dev Patel (Anwar).
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In the meantime, Hannah and Joe Dempsie (Chris) went on to land high-profile roles in HBO’s fantasy-drama hit Recreation of Thrones.
Daniel Kaluuya (Posh Kenneth) was swamped with essential acclaim after enjoying the lead position in Jordan Peele’s 2017 horror movie Get Out.
The present was additionally riddled with superstar cameo roles, together with EastEnders’ Danny Dyer, future Physician Who Peter Capaldi and The Thick Of It is Chris Addison.
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