Manchester City starlet begins new career as actor

As a lad the stage looked set for him to have the world at his feet. Aged eight, while playing for Reddish Villa, his local team, Tyler Cameron was seen by a Manchester City scout.

He joined the Blues Academy - a dream come true for a boy from Gorton. He was there for five years before being released aged 13. After leaving school he had several jobs in retail working as a shop assistant and eventually with an engineering company.

But a twist of fate was to open doors to let his hidden talent flourish. Ever since he was a child he had loved acting but coming from a working class family and not knowing any university attendees it was "never really spoken of".

At the age of 24, Tyler tagged along with a friend who was attending an acting class which ‘changed his life’. He became a professional actor and has now won the BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursay Award after only attending his first acting class four years ago.

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He is one of three actors awarded a bursary where he will join the Radio Drama Company in late July once he has completed his BA (Hons) Professional Acting course at LONDON Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He was one of 28 actors judged by a panel over four days.

Cameron was commended for ‘Best Solo’ (Contemporary) for his three monologues: Not Knowing (written by himself), British anthology film series, Small Axe, and For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy by playwright Ryan Calais Cameron (no relation).

Tyler, 28, said: “Ever since I was kid, I always loved acting. I used to love doing impersonations and different voices and always used to make my family laugh. I remember my friend said he was going to