Lucian Msamati
British-Tanzanian actor (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor, director, producer and writer. His screen credits include the roles of Salladhor Saan in HBO series Game of Thrones, J.L.B. Matekoni in the BBC/HBO adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, David Runihura in the Netflix/BBC thriller Black Earth Rising and Ed Dumani in the SKY/AMC series Gangs of London.
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Born | Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (1976-03-05) 5 March 1976 (age 48) London, England |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer, writer |
Children | 2 |
Msamati's theatre credits include being the first black actor to play Iago in the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed 2015 production of Othello, Toledo in the National Theatre’s Olivier award-winning revival of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in 2016, Antonio Salieri in the National Theatre’s Olivier-award winning revival of Amadeus 2017-2018, Arturo Ui in Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2008 and Kevin/Albert in the multi-award winning Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris at the Royal Court Theatre and The Wyndhams Theatre in the West End 2010-2011.
Msamati is a patron of Lewisham Youth Theatre, WildChild and The Actor’s Children’s Trust (ACT) and currently serves on the board of trustees at the Donmar Warehouse.