---
name: "Michael Odewale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-odewale"
fi1m_id: "michael-odewale"
tmdb_id: 2916063
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 May 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T20:32:33.554580+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 Odewale

## Identity

Michael Odewale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-odewale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-odewale
- **TMDB ID:** 2916063
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2916063

Writer. Born 22 May 1995 in Lewisham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 May 1995, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Connor](https://film.one/person/alan-connor.md), [Angelo Irving](https://film.one/person/angelo-irving.md), [Charlie Brooker](https://film.one/person/charlie-brooker.md), [Charlie George](https://film.one/person/charlie-george.md), [Constance Cheng](https://film.one/person/constance-cheng.md), [Eli Goldstone](https://film.one/person/eli-goldstone.md), [Erika Ehler](https://film.one/person/erika-ehler.md), [Hugh Grant](https://film.one/person/hugh-grant.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2916063

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Death to 2020*](https://film.one/film/death-to-2020.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Michael Odewale is an English stand-up comedian and writer. He began performing comedy in 2014 while at university.

In 2016 he was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award and was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist in 2017. His 2019 show *#BlackBearsMatter* was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. Odewale appeared on *Mock the Week* in 2020 and 2021. He co-wrote the films *Death to 2020* (2020) and *Death to 2021* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, crowdfund.edfringe.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Death to 2020* (2020), Fi1m 47, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/death-to-2020.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Cunk on Life* (2024), Writer
- *Death to 2021* (2021), Writer
- *Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!* (2021), Writer
- *Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains* (2021), series, as Guest
- *Death to 2020* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/death-to-2020.md)
- *Cunk on...* (2018), series, Writer
- *Radio 1Xtra Comedy Gala With Eddie Kadi and Friends*, Actor

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