Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Mis?rables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical.

Michael Ball was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom on 27 June 1962.