---
name: "Michael Abubakar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-abubakar"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T19:52:51.022343+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Abubakar

Actor.

## Details

- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 50 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 54 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $635m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123463795, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9161814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1870478

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Motherland*](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Abubakar is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has appeared in numerous stage productions, including work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe.

On television he has played Leon in the BBC comedy series *Motherland* (2019), Graham Kennedy in *Annika* (2021), Stuart McCorkel in *Crime* (2021) and various roles in *Horrible Histories*. Film credits include *Artemis Fowl* (2020) and *Wonka* (2023). He received a BAFTA Games Award nomination for his voice performance in the video game *Still Wakes the Deep*.

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, comedy.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Wonka* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Orange Haired Customer — [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Burr (Verbil Squad) — [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Motherland* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Leon — [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Teeth 'N' Smiles* (2026), as Wilson
- *Wonka* (2023), as Orange Haired Customer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Crime* (2021), series, as DC Stuart McCorkel
- *RSC Live: King John* (2021), as Philip Faulconbridge
- *The Tragedy of Macbeth* (2021), Acting
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Graham Kennedy
- *Artemis Fowl* (2020), as Burr (Verbil Squad) — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/artemis-fowl.md)
- *Motherland* (2017), series, as Leon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)
- *Trust Me* (2017), series, as Charlie McKee
- *Horrible Histories* (2009), series, Acting

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