Jaden Michael

Jaden Michael is an American actor and model. He is known for portraying young Colin Kaepernick in the coming-of-age web series Colin in Black & White (2021),^[1] which follows Kaepernick's early years. He played the lead role of Mickey Bolitar in the Prime Video series Harlan Coben's Shelter. He also played Agent Otto in the pilot episode of the PBS/TVO Kids series "Odd Squad," though the part was given to Filip Geljo for the remainder of the season.

Jaden Michael
Michael on the red carpet of Cannes 2017 with the Wonderstruck crew
Born	(2003-10-05) October 5, 2003 (age 21) New York City, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Early life and education

Michael was born in 2003 to a single mother. The majority of his childhood was spent in New Jersey and Harlem.^[2] He was enrolled with Dwight Global Online School for his high school diploma.^[3] Michael has said, "I'm Dominican, I'm black, Caribbean descent, and I'm kind of Jewish, my mom's mom's mom is Jewish... so I'm technically Jewish."^[4]

Filmography

As an actor

List of films and characters

Title	Character	Type	Original Language	Original Year of release	Ref.
Wonderstruck	Jamie	Film	English	2017	[5]
Vampires vs. the Bronx	Miguel Martinez	Film	English	2020	[6]
Colin in Black & White	Colin Kaepernick	Web series	English	2021	[7]
Harlan Coben's Shelter	Mickey Bolitar	Television series	English	2023	[8]

As a dubbing artist

List of films and characters dubbed

Title	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year of release	Ref.
The Bug Diaries	Lucas	English	English	2019-2020	[9]