1. Joivan Wade's father was a social worker and a member of the 1980s gospel music group The Wades, who founded The Polishing Project, a scheme to help disadvantaged youth identify and achieve their goals.
16 Facts About Joivan Wade
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Joivan Wade's mother is an ordained minister and corporate life coach.
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Joivan Wade played football, and he was good enough to try out for both Charlton Athletic FC Under-23s and Academy and Crystal Palace FC Under-23s and Academy.
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Joivan Wade decided when he was 15 years that he loved acting more than football.
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Joivan Wade decided to apply only three days before the deadline.
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Joivan Wade's father drove him to the school so that he could turn in his application the day it was due.
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The BRIT School taught primarily dramatic acting, and Joivan Wade performed in a number of plays by William Shakespeare.
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Joivan Wade 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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Joivan Wade cites Michael Fassbender, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hardy, Kevin Hart, and Dwayne Johnson as role models in terms of acting and career path.
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Joivan Wade graduated from the BRIT School and then successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre.
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Joivan Wade's father helped manage the Mandem project, which eventually had a live presentation at the Hackney Empire theatre in 2015.
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In 2014 and 2015, Joivan Wade appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who as Rigsy, a young graffiti artist who helps save the world.
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Joivan Wade joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders in February 2016 as Jordan Johnson, taking over the role from Michael-Joel David Stuart.
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Joivan Wade says that his acting career took so much time away from Mandem on the Wall that the trio lost their audience and the web series died.
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Joivan Wade's life is complicated when the girl he believed to be his was actually fathered by one of his friends.
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Four days later, Joivan Wade flew to Los Angeles for an in-person audition.