HE PLAYED Michale Caffrey, the heart-warming best friend of Billy Elliot in the classic BAFTA Award-winning picture of the same name, but what does actor Stuart Wells look like now?

‘Billy Elliot’ scores 15 Tony noms A story about a boy struggling to overcome dire economic circumstances and learning to dance is as good a metaphor as any for the current Broadway season, so ...

For instance, Billy shows up at his friend Michael's house, only to find that the boy (delicately played by Stuart Wells) is wearing a dress and applying makeup.

Billy Elliot star Stuart Wells is turning his back on a glittering Hollywood career - for a life of squarebashing. The 19-year-old, who played Billy's gay friend Michael in the film about a boy with a ...

Billy Elliot–The Musical topped the list of 2006 Olivier Awards nominations with nine nods. Following close behind was the revival of Guys and Dolls with eight nominations.

"Billy Elliot," the season's biggest musical hit, dominated the 2009 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

The film also is good at finding sweetly quiet moments, as when Billy's very direct friend Debbie (Nicola Blackwell) strokes his cheek after they batter each other with feather pillows, or his friend ...

Stuart Wells was born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1982. Although 18 at the time of filming, he is best-known for his role as 11 year old Michael in Billy Elliot.

The elder Elliot inexplicably relents, however, when he spies his son dancing with a cross-dressing pal (Stuart Wells) in an empty social club on Christmas Eve.

Fortunately he has a sidekick of sorts in facing adversity: his best mate Michael (Stuart Wells), a secret crossdresser with a fondness for Billy.

Billy's cross-dressing schoolchum (Stuart Wells) hides his homosexuality as shamefully as Billy at first hides his dancing slip-pers. Gender, says the film usefully, is never as fixed as prejudice.