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Meet Michael Bradway, who plays Charlie Florek in Every Year After

STORYSumnima Kandangwa
Michael Bradway plays Charlie Florek in Prime Video show Every Year After. Photo: @primevideo/Instagram
Michael Bradway plays Charlie Florek in Prime Video show Every Year After. Photo: @primevideo/Instagram
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Bradway plays the older Florek brother in a show that’s been touted as the next The Summer I Turned Pretty – so what do we know about him?

Amazon Prime Video’s latest series, Every Year After, may be exactly what fans of the hit show The Summer I Turned Pretty need while they eagerly await the latter’s movie adaptation to release in 2027.
Sadie Soverall as Percy Fraser and Matt Cornett as Sam Florek in Every Year After. Photo: DPA
Sadie Soverall as Percy Fraser and Matt Cornett as Sam Florek in Every Year After. Photo: DPA
The new show, adapted from author Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel Every Summer After, follows Persephone “Percy” Fraser, played by actress Sadie Soverall, who spends every summer at her family cottage in Barry’s Bay, a small town in Canada, with her best friends, brothers Sam and Charlie Florek (Matt Cornett and Michael Bradway). Sound familiar?
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Michael Bradway plays the older Florek brother, Charlie, in Every Year After. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram
Michael Bradway plays the older Florek brother, Charlie, in Every Year After. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram

The eight-episode show follows Percy’s romance with Sam, the younger Florek brother, which – spoilers ahead – is interrupted by a betrayal that involves Charles.

Here’s everything you need to know about Michael Bradway, who plays the charming older Florek brother, Charles.

Michael Bradway started out as a model

Michael Bradway in 2020. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram
Michael Bradway in 2020. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram

Bradway was born in December 1998 in Staten Island, New York. He grew up in Florida and entered the entertainment industry as a model – he became intrigued by the business when his twin sister was approached by a talent manager at a local mall one day, per the New York Film Academy website. As a model, Bradway has starred in campaigns for brands like Champion, Verizon, Brightline Train and more.

How did Michael Bradway get into acting?

Michael Bradway photographed by Miami photographer Danny Lee Allen in 2022. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram
Michael Bradway photographed by Miami photographer Danny Lee Allen in 2022. Photo: @michaelbradway_/Instagram

It wasn’t until Bradway starred in his high school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof that he fell in love with acting, per NYFA. He went on to study acting for film at the New York Film Academy’s South Beach campus.

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