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Joivan Wade ( ;
born 23 July 1993) is an English actor known for playing Manyou in the
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comedy television series ''
Big School'',
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* Jordan Johnson (footballer)
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on the BBC
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''
EastEnders
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'', and
Victor Stone/Cyborg in the
HBO Max
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series ''
Doom Patrol
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''.
Early life
Wade was born 23 July 1993 to Derek and Andrea Wade.
His father was a social worker and a member of the 1980s
gospel music
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group The Wades,
who founded The Polishing Project, a scheme to help disadvantaged youth identify and achieve their goals.
His mother is an ordained minister and corporate life coach.
Joivan has three brothers.
Derek Wade died in 2014, and his mother remarried.
Wade read comic books heavily while younger.
A high-energy child, Wade enrolled at the age of 13 at the D&B Academy of Performing Arts in his home town of
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...
. He also played
football
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,
and he was good enough to try out for both
Charlton Athletic F.C. Under-23s and Academy and
Crystal Palace F.C. Under-23s and Academy
The Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s is the Under-21 Development team of Crystal Palace Football Club. They compete in Premier League 2, the top level of reserve football in England and also play in the EFL Trophy.
The Crystal Palace F.C. Academy ...
.
Wade credits his parents for supporting him in both endeavors, and instilling in him the confidence to achieve whatever he wished to pursue.
He decided when he was 15 years that he loved acting more than football. Friends told him to enroll at the
BRIT School
The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, danc ...
.
He decided to apply only three days before the deadline. His father drove him to the school so that he could turn in his application the day it was due.
The BRIT School taught primarily dramatic acting, and Wade performed in a number of plays by
William Shakespeare
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. Wade's biggest inspiration is
Will Smith
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, an actor who also directs, produces, and writes. He has tried to model his career on Smith's by creating content, performing in it, and forming his own
production company
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. Wade also cites
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Award ...
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor. Often described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned over four decades, incl ...
,
Tom Hardy,
Kevin Hart
Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. Originally known as a stand-up comedian, he has since starred in Hollywood films and on TV. He has also released several well-received comedy albums.
After winning se ...
, and
Dwayne Johnson
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as role models in terms of acting and career path.
While at the BRIT School, Wade met
Percelle Ascott
Percelle Ascott (born 10 June 1993) is a Zimbabwean-English actor and writer. He is known for his roles in the CBBC (TV channel), CBBC series ''Wizards vs Aliens'' (2012–2014) and the Netflix series ''The Innocents (TV series), The Innocents'' ...
, and the two became close friends.
Wade graduated from the BRIT School
and then successfully auditioned for the
National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and registered charity in London. Its aim is to develop and nurture young people through creative arts and theatrical productions. Founded in 1956 as the world's first youth th ...
.
Career
Mandem on the Wall
Deciding to accelerate his career, Wade decided to initially pursue comedy, as a comedy was the most likely to go
viral on
social media
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.
In 2010,
Glen Murphy of
Twist and Pulse
Ashley Glazebrook and Glen Murphy, better known by their stage name (s) Twist and Pulse, are an English street dance duo based in London. They were the runners-up of the fourth series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2010, coming second to Spelb ...
asked Wade and Ascott to perform a comedy sketch at one of the dance-and-comedy duo's live shows. They wrote their sketch the night before the show, and were a hit with the audience.
Dee Kaate, who had performed a stand-up comedy act in the show, met with them afterward. The three immediately began discussing ways to create their own content to boost their careers.
Eight days after the Twist and Pulse live show,
the trio filmed their first episode of ''Mandem on the Wall'', a
web series
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about three young
South London
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men sitting on a wall, flirting with passing girls, and "
talking bullshit".
''Mandem'' premiered on December 24, 2011.
Within a month, the episode had 1.1 million views on
YouTube
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and the trio was famous among teens and young adults in Britain.
Wade's father helped manage the ''Mandem'' project,
which eventually had a live presentation at the
Hackney Empire
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theatre in 2015.
British television success and film debut
The three worked on ''Mandem on the Wall'' in order to get on television.
Based on the success of ''Mandem'',
Wade was cast in the first series of the
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