Milton Lopes won the Best Actor Award with his first participation in a feature film, the award wining The Dauphin. He was born in Cape Verde Islands and grew up in Portugal where he worked as an actor in various TV Series, Theatre Shows and Feature Films. He recently played John “The Savage” in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World for BBC Radio 4. He made is debut appearance in a British film in Bonobo. He works as well as circus aerialist, having performed in the Paralympic Opening Ceremonies. He has worked with Extraordinary Bodies (UK), Strange Fruit (Australia), Circo Crescer e Viver (Brazil), Fura Dels Baus ( Spain) and Graeae Theatre Company (UK).