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Ricardo P Lloyd is a British actor. His family is of Jamaican descent. Lloyd is known for his work in British theatre, film and tv.

He began his acting career studying Performing arts; Film Tv & Stage at Buckinghamshire New University (2013-2016). Lloyd later joined Intermission Youth Theatre in 2019, a theatre company which helps young people stay away from crime under the leadership of Artistic Director Darren Raymond.

Early Life
Lloyd was born in a small town in the United Kingdom and moved to London with his mum at an early age. It was not easy growing up for Lloyd as he grew up in a single parent household and was an only child for a short period until his mother had his siblings. Lloyd grew up in north west London he attended Kensal Rise primary school.

Early life and education
Lloyd went to the Secondary school Capital City Academy he went down a bad path hanging around with the wrong crowd trying to belong. Which lead him to getting into fights and failing most of his GCSES. Lloyd later tried to redeem himself by staying on to the school's sixth-form to retake some GCSES and further study. However, staff continued to stereotype him. Lloyd went on to study at Harrow College a Btec Level 3 Extended Diploma (2011-2013) He then went on to Buckinghamshire New University to study Performing Arts; Film TV & Stage (2013-2016). In 2016, the same year he graduated Lloyd decided to do a MBA at Anglia Ruskin University to enhance his skillset the people around him at the time thought it was a stupid idea including his past university lectures but he pursued it anyway.

Career
Lloyd appeared in different theatrical productions at Buckinghamshire New University. In his last year of University where he starred as the lead role Anthony in short film 'University life' which came second place in BIFTA short film competition in 2016. Acting agents wanted to sign Lloyd on their books but he was too focused on completing his undergraduate performing arts degree at the time.

In 2019 Lloyd was apart of The Shakespeare walks and Shakespeare in the abbey with The Royal Shakespeare Company working with alongside Mark Rylance.These shows was to celebrate as part Shakespeare's birthday.

Lloyd secured the role of Romeo in the critically acclaimed production Excluded by Intermission Theatre In 2019.

Lloyd generated a lot of attention he was seen out publicly with an eye patch on with the word 'excluded' on it. It was created for him by British visual artist Eugene Ankomah. When asked by Vanessa Feltz on her breakfast radio show what it meant. Lloyd said it was a symbol to represent how society ‘only chooses to see what they want to see concerning young people or people that come from where he does'

In 2020, Lloyd was listed on The Voice Newspaper 2020: Top 20 ones to watch out for in business, sport, culture and politics. Lloyd was also listed on London Post 21 Black Actors In 2021 You Should All Know and Pay Attention To!.

For Lloyd final year dissertation he wrote and directed his own short film entitled 'Colour lines' under the supervision of Dr Jeremy Kelly and Dr Nicholas Fryer. The short film explored racial identity. Lloyd took his inspiration from many different sources but mainly through his observations on the images represented of black people in film and tv from the years 1915 to 2015.

Colour lines was praised by academics and was shared with the head of counselling in a young offenders institution. "The images and messages made me think and ponder wider issues than those presented." said Dr Angela Herbert MBE

In 2019, Lloyd joined Intermission youth theatre where he trained and worked on different projects there for over 10 months.

Lloyd acting breakthrough came in 2019 when he was casted for the role of Romeo in the critically acclaimed Intermission Theatre play Excluded. His performances received praise from industry professionals and critics. One critic said; 'Ricardo P Lloyd as a flirtatious Romeo (handsome even when forced to wear an eye patch' Another critic added; 'the self-confident and charismatic Romeo (Ricardo P Lloyd)'

Personal life
In 2020, Lloyd personal life was played out in the media. He was listed on The Voice Newspaper 2020 top 20 ones to watch out for and was working on a number of different projects that year building up his acting career then suddenly Covid-19 hit. He found himself going through a dark period he becaome homeless.

The stories kept on circulating on the actor; 'Police appeal after actor is attacked by unknown woman in Lambeth'.

One journalist added the following 'Because of his facial scars Ricardo will also have to step away from the camera and put his acting career on pause.'

Singles

 * Cry No More (feat. Monique Shockness) - Single
 * When I'm Gone - Single
 * Don't Be Mad