Mikael Ayele is a Swedish-Ethiopian actor based in Los Angeles and Stockholm.

His recent screen work includes Stranger Things (Netflix), Roswell, NM (CW), and Better Call Saul (AMC), as well as numerous international commercials and short films. On stage, he has appeared in productions such as Vi Är Krigare (Batalj Scenkonst, Stockholm), The Call of the Wild (Duke City Repertory, ABQ), and The Whipping Man (Vortex Theater, ABQ). Ayele studied Theatre and Communication at the University of Southern California. He is fluent in English and Swedish, and also speaks some French and Spanish.