Ansu Kabia

Ansu Kabia is a British actor. He attended the Drama Centre London and was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company Ensemble.^[1] He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series Miss Scarlet and The Duke as the character Moses.

Ansu Kabia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of To Sir, With Love, based on E. R. Braithwaite's autographical novel.^[2] The 2013 play was adapted by Ayub Khan Din and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic Michael Billington: "Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly patrician figure slowly unbending before the less privileged without ever losing his dignity."^[3] This was the first time To Sir, With Love was produced as a live performance.^[4][5] E. R. Braithwaite attended the play and called Kabia's performance of Ricky Braithwaite "excellent".^[6]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Patriarch	Father	Reggie Yates wrote and directed this 4-minute short film.[7]
2017	Murder on the Orient Express	Police Captain (Newsreel)
2019	Last Christmas	Rufus
	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	UK Newsreader
2023	The End We Start From	D
2024	Back to Black	Raye
2025	Snow White	Huntsman	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Casualty	Kevin Mellor	Episode: "Aftermath"
2006	The Bill	Devon Power	Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
2008	10 Days to War	Charlie	Episode: "A Simple Private Matter"
2011	London's Burning		Television film
2012	Wizards vs. Aliens	Security Man	2 episodes
2014	Utopia	Security Guard	Episode #2.6
2018	The Long Song	James Richards	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2019	World On Fire	Eddie Knight	5 episodes
2020	I May Destroy You	Derae	Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"
2020–2022	Miss Scarlet and The Duke	Moses	Main role; 17 episodes
2021	The Irregulars	John Cooper	Episode: "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B"
2022	The Sandman	Ruthven Sykes	2 episodes
2023	For Her Sins	Tom Bryant	3 episodes
2024	Lucy & Sara	Bartholomew	Miniseries; episode: "Suicide"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
2013	To Sir, With Love	Ricky Braithwaite	Oxford Playhouse	Based on the novel, To Sir, with Love.[8]
2016	Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet	Tybalt	Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company	[9][10]

References

1. "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
2. "Ansu is proud to return classic story to war roots". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
3. Billington, Michael (11 September 2013). "To Sir, With Love – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
4. Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "Ansu Kabia – interview - To Sir With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
5. Cavendish, Dominic (16 September 2013). "Fifty years from page to stage - and still a hit". The Daily Telegraph. Newspaper.com. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
6. Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "E.R Braithwaite – interview -To Sir, With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
7. Munday, Rob (14 October 2013). "Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates". Directors Notes. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
8. Fort, Hugh (21 November 2013). "To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
9. "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
10. Felperin, Leslie (26 May 2016). "'Romeo and Juliet': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

External links

• Ansu Kabia at IMDb
• Tuneful Radio interview with Ansu Kabia (2019)
• British Black and Asian Shakespeare Database: Ansu Kabia performances