Misha Crosby (born 28 January 1987) is a British director, actor, producer and Radio Academy Award nominee.
Early life Crosby was born and brought up in London. He won The Helmore Music Scholarship to Mill Hill School and lead a world premier on the violin at the Wigmore Hall at 14 years old. He performed for the National Youth Music Theatre.
Career He previously starred in the BBC television series Holby City as Sam Strachan's son Kieron, in Channel 4's Hollyoaks and has had various guest appearances in other TV shows. From 2011-2012 he played Ryan Harwell in the ABC Family television series The Lying Game.
Film roles include, Abbas in the award-winning British feature film Life Goes On, and he stars in Beyond Paradise playing the pivotal role of the traumatized loner Ray alongside Ryan Guzman, Francia Raisa and Daphne Zuniga.
The film 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days in which Crosby plays Rick, won the Copper Wing: Best Live Action Short Film, at the Phoenix Film Festival 2013.
In 2015, he was offered a series regular role in BitTorrent’s first Original TV series Children of The Machine by Marco Webber (Brooklyn’s Finest, Igby Goes Down). The series is set to be produced by Rapid Eye Studios and is the first show to be distributed directly through BitTorrent to an audience of 170 million viewers.
He was cast in season 9 of American Horror Story AHS 1984 as Limahl, the leader of Kajagoogoo, and has his throat slit in episode 7 "The Lady in White" by Robert Ramirez. He subsequently returns as a ghost from Episode 8, "Rest In Pieces".
Lionsgate acquired the Cannabis thriller Green Rush, starring Crosby, Paul Telfer, Mike Foy, Kriss Dozal, and Andre Fili for an April 2020 release. The movie was produced by Crosby, Urijah Faber, Rick Lee, and Gerard Roxburgh.
In 2020, Crosby was named as the series showrunner & director of Unsinkable starring John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nathalie Emmanuel and Harry Hamlin. It was nominated for a Radio Academy Award for Best Drama or Fiction and also earned a nomination for Best Limited Series & Special, Scripted Fiction at the 29th Annual Webby Awards.
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Filmography + List of television and films credits Year Title Role 2005 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (TV series) Himself 2007 Roanoke The Lost Coloney (Film) Tom Alexander 2008 Companion (Film) Alexander the Great 2008-2009 Holby City (TV series) Kieron Patel 2009 Hollyoaks (TV series) Wade 2009 Genie In The House (TV series) Jake Burns 2009 Life Goes On (Film) Abbas 2010 The Bill (TV series) Ian Baker 2011 Rouge (TV pilot) Nunez 2011 Party Like the Queen of France (TV film) Amadeus Kreutzer 2012 The Lying Game (TV series) Ryan Harwell 2012 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days (Film) Rick 2015 Who's Who (Film) Daniels, Producer 2016 Beyond Paradise Ray 2019 American Horror Story: 1984 Limahl
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Title of work Result2025The Radio Academy ARIASBest Drama or Fiction Award 2025 Sponsored by AudibleUNSINKABLENominee2025Webby AwardsBest Limited Series & Special, Scripted FictionUNSINKABLENominee2025BBC Audio Drama AwardsBest Actor - Thomas Brodie SangsterUNSINKABLENominee 2015 Action On Film International Film Festival Xristos Award - Best Actor (Sponsored by Sony & The Stella Adler Academy LA) Who's Who 2015 Action On Film International Film Festival Best Dialogue Who's Who 2013 Phoenix Film Festival Best Live Action Short Film 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days 2013 San Jose International Short Film Festival World Cinema - Audience Award 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days
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