Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBlack History MonthSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Mike Pickering(I)

  • Actor
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Mike Pickering was born in March 1958 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Trance (2013), The Full Monty (1997) and The Next Karate Kid (1994).
BornMarch 1958
BornMarch 1958
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Add photos, demo reels
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • More at IMDbPro
      • Contact info
      • Agent info

    Known for

    James McAvoy in Trance (2013)
    Trance
    6.9
    Movie
    • Soundtrack("Moving On Up")
    • 2013
    Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Hugo Speer, and Tom Wilkinson in The Full Monty (1997)
    The Full Monty
    7.2
    Movie
    • Soundtrack("Moving on Up")
    • 1997
    Pat Morita and Hilary Swank in The Next Karate Kid (1994)
    The Next Karate Kid
    4.6
    Movie
    • Soundtrack("Moving On Up")
    • 1994
    Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, and Bette Midler in The First Wives Club (1996)
    The First Wives Club
    6.5
    Movie
    • Soundtrack("Moving On Up'")
    • 1996

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Actor

    • Ciarán Hinds in The Man in the Hat (2020)
      The Man in the Hat
      6.5
      • The 5th Bald Man (as Michael Pickering)
      • 2020
    • Steve Coogan, Danny Cunningham, and Chris Coghill in 24 Hour Party People (2002)
      24 Hour Party People
      7.3
      • Dj
      • 2002
    • Nicolas Cage, John Hurt, and Penélope Cruz in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
      Captain Corelli's Mandolin
      5.9
      • Waterfront Band
      • 2001
    • M People: Dreaming (1999)
      M People: Dreaming
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1999
    • M People: Testify (1998)
      M People: Testify
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1998
    • M People: Angel St (1998)
      M People: Angel St
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1998
    • M People: Fantasy Island (1997)
      M People: Fantasy Island
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1997
    • M People: Just for You (1997)
      M People: Just for You
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1997
    • M People: Itchycoo Park (1995)
      M People: Itchycoo Park
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1995
    • M People: Love Rendezvous (1995)
      M People: Love Rendezvous
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1995
    • Paul Heard, Mike Pickering, Heather Small, Shovell, and M People in M People: Search for the Hero (1995)
      M People: Search for the Hero
      6.7
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1995
    • M People: Open Your Heart (1995)
      M People: Open Your Heart
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1995
    • M People: Renaissance (1994)
      M People: Renaissance
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1994
    • M People: Excited (US Version) (1994)
      M People: Excited (US Version)
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1994
    • M People: Sight for Sore Eyes (1994)
      M People: Sight for Sore Eyes
      Music Video
      • Mike Pickering
      • 1994

    Composer

    • The Bone Snatcher (2003)
      The Bone Snatcher
      4.4
      • Composer
      • 2003

    Soundtrack

    • The Project (2009)
      The Project
      4.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 2024
    • Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Joseph Quinn in Hoard (2023)
      Hoard
      6.5
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 2023
    • Nicola Coughlan, Louisa Harland, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson in Derry Girls (2018)
      Derry Girls
      8.5
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • writer: "Search for the Hero"
      • 2019
    • Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
      Strictly Come Dancing
      6.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving on Up" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Omid Djalili, John Sparkes, Richard Webber, and Justin Fletcher in Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
      Shaun the Sheep Movie
      7.3
      • writer: "Search for the Hero" (as Michael Pickering)
      • 2015
    • That Music Show
      5.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving On Up" (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • James McAvoy in Trance (2013)
      Trance
      6.9
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 2013
    • Chris Lilley and Jordan Dang in Angry Boys (2011)
      Angry Boys
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Moving on Up"
      • 2011
    • Dancing on Ice Friday
      TV Series
      • writer: "Search for the Hero"
      • 2010
    • Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill, Ashley Banjo, and Oti Mabuse in Dancing on Ice (2006)
      Dancing on Ice
      4.6
      TV Series
      • performer: "Search for the Hero"
      • writer: "Search for the Hero"
      • 2010
    • They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop (2008)
      They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 2008
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving on Up"
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 1994–2008
    • Nia Long, Ice Cube, Aleisha Allen, and Philip Bolden in Are We Done Yet? (2007)
      Are We Done Yet?
      4.3
      • writer: "Moving On Up"
      • 2007
    • Not Going Out (2006)
      Not Going Out
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Moving On Up" (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • Jan Frycz, Karolina Gruszka, Maciej Stuhr, and Robert Wieckiewicz in The French Trick (2006)
      The French Trick
      4.7
      • writer: "Search For The Hero"
      • 2006

    Personal details

    Edit
    • Alternative names
      • M People
    • Born
      • March 1958
      • Manchester, England, UK

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Is portrayed by Darren Tighe in 24 Hour Party People (2002).

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb app
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb app
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb app
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.