Born in Nigeria, West Africa,[2] Akuwudike came to Britain and was educated at St Augustine's College in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, an independent Roman Catholic boarding school. In 1985, he began to train for an acting career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1987.[3]
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In 1988, Akuwudike played Captain Watkin Tench in Our Country's Good at the Royal Court Theatre.[4] His first film appearance was in the same year, as a priest in A World Apart.[5] An early leading role came in 1989 in the play The Fatherland by Murray Watts, at the Bush Theatre at Riverside,[6] and his first significant part on television was as Sergeant Gummer in the drama serial Virtual Murder (1991).[7]
In 1998, in the first British production of Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams, directed by Trevor Nunn at the National Theatre, Akuwudike originated the part of "the Queen", a gay prisoner.[9] In 2002 he played the black pimp in a Royal National Theatre production of Edmond, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role.[10]
In the Cary Joji Fukunaga film Beasts of No Nation (2015), Akuwudike played Supreme Commander Dada Goodblood, leader of an unnamed West African country torn by civil war.[13]
In September 2018, it was announced that Akuwudike had been cast alongside Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in a new Cinemax television serial called Gangs of London, then in production.[14]
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Jude Akuwudike born 1965 is a Nigerian actor He has mostly worked in the United Kingdom on screen and stage 1 Jude AkuwudikeBornJude Akuwudike1965 age 57 58 NigeriaNationalityNigerianAlma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic ArtOccupationActorAwards2008 Red Rock Film Festival Grand Jury PrizeHe has appeared in productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 3 3 Stage 3 4 Games 4 Awards and nominations 5 Notes 6 External linksEarly life edit nbsp Akuwudike trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtBorn in Nigeria West Africa 2 Akuwudike came to Britain and was educated at St Augustine s College in Westgate on Sea Kent an independent Roman Catholic boarding school In 1985 he began to train for an acting career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating in 1987 3 Career editIn 1988 Akuwudike played Captain Watkin Tench in Our Country s Good at the Royal Court Theatre 4 His first film appearance was in the same year as a priest in A World Apart 5 An early leading role came in 1989 in the play The Fatherland by Murray Watts at the Bush Theatre at Riverside 6 and his first significant part on television was as Sergeant Gummer in the drama serial Virtual Murder 1991 7 Throughout his career Akuwudike has worked mainly on stage including appearing in several productions for the National Theatre notably Not About Nightingales Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and Ion citation needed He has also appeared for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as working on Broadway He has also had many roles in film and television and is a voice actor 8 In 1998 in the first British production of Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams directed by Trevor Nunn at the National Theatre Akuwudike originated the part of the Queen a gay prisoner 9 In 2002 he played the black pimp in a Royal National Theatre production of Edmond with Kenneth Branagh in the title role 10 From February to May 2011 Akuwudike was Abel Magwitch in an English Touring Theatre production of Great Expectations adapted by Tanika Gupta with Lynn Farleigh as Miss Havisham 11 12 In the Cary Joji Fukunaga film Beasts of No Nation 2015 Akuwudike played Supreme Commander Dada Goodblood leader of an unnamed West African country torn by civil war 13 In September 2018 it was announced that Akuwudike had been cast alongside Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in a new Cinemax television serial called Gangs of London then in production 14 Filmography editFilm edit Year Film Role Notes1988 A World Apart Priest 15 1997 Richard II Scroop 16 TV film1998 The Ebb Tide Fakeeva TV film2000 A Likeness in Stone DC Levi Pryor TV film2005 Sahara Imam2007 Jehovah s Witness Percy Short2010 The Tempest Boatswain2015 Beasts of No Nation Dada Goodblood2020 Eyimofe Mofe2021 Benediction Priest2023 The Little Mermaid JoshuaTelevision edit Year Title Role Notes1990 Screenplay Thomas Episode The Land of Dreams 1992 Virtual Murder Sergeant Gummer Series regular1993 Between the Lines Custody Sergeant Episode Big Boys Rules Part II 1994 The Bill Mr Jensen Episode All Along the Watchtower 1996 1999 Roger Roger Henry Series regular1998 Heat of the Sun Elihu Mwangi Episode The Sport of Kings 1999 Kavanagh QC Matthew Atta Episode Previous Convictions 2003 Silent Witness Malcolm Linden Episode Running on Empty Holby City Derek Fletcher Episode Know When to Fold 2005 Bad Girls Leroy 1 episodeThe Last Detective Bradshaw Episode Towpaths of Glory 2007 Silent Witness Willi Episode Suffer the Children 2009 Moses Jones Matthias Mutukula Mini seriesThe No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Oswald Ranta Episode The Boy with an African Heart Holby City Marvin Stewart Episode What Will Survive of Us 2010 Law amp Order UK Marcus Wright Episode Skeletons 2012 Holby City Gabriel Vaughan Episode Hail Caesar 2013 Doctors Thomas Tembe 3 episodes2015 Cucumber Ralph Sullivan 1 episode2016 Stan Lee s Lucky Man Dr Marghai Episode A Twist of Fate Undercover Al 1 episodeFriday Night Dinner Custody Sergeant Episode The Funeral 2017 Chewing Gum Alex Episode Age Ain t Nothing But a Number Death in Paradise Tony Garret Episode In the Footsteps of a Killer The A Word Vincent Daniels 3 episodes2017 2018 Fortitude Doctor Adebimpe Recurring role2018 Kiri Reverend Lipide 1 episode2018 2020 In the Long Run Uncle Akie Series regular2019 Moving On Dr Bello Episode Frozen Plebs Agrippa Episode The Banquet 2020 Gangs of London Charlie Carter Recurring roleOn the Edge Dad Episode BBW 2022 The Crown Sydney Johnson Episode Mou Mou Stage edit Year Title Role Venue Notes1988 The Park Norman Crucible Theatre SheffieldMoon on a Rainbow Shawl Ketch Almeida Theatre Islington LondonOur Country s Good Captain Watkin Tench Royal Court Theatre LondonThe Recruiting Officer Scruple Costar Pearmain Balance s Servant also World Tour1989 Master Harold and the Boys Sam Bristol Old Vic Bristol1990 Death and the King s Horseman Olunde Royal Exchange Manchester1991 A Long Way From Home Tomi Tricycle Theatre Kilburn LondonLight in the Village Rhodes Traverse Theatre Edinburgh1993 Marching for Fausa Sssi Royal Court Theatre LondonWiseguy Scapino Leandre Theatr Clwyd Mold1994 Ion Hermes Athens The Pit Barbican Centre LondonPoor Super Man Shannon Traverse Theatre Edinburgh1995 Richard II Sir Stephen Scroop Lord Fitwater Cottesloe Theatre Royal National Theatre LondonThe Machine Wreckers William1996 Nuremberg The War Crimes Trial Tricycle Theatre Kilburn London1998 Not About Nightingales The Queen Cottesloe Theatre Royal National Theatre London1999 Honk The Ugly Duckling Turkey Olivier Theatre Royal National Theatre London2000 A Doll s House Nils Krogstad Ambassadors Theatre London2001 Luminosity Saul Mercer The Pit Barbican Centre LondonYoung Hamlet King Claudius Young Vic The Cut LondonBrixton Stories Ossie The Pit Barbican Centre London also UK Tour2002 The Winter s Tale Antigonus The Roundhouse Chalk Farm London amp Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford upon AvonPericles Cerimon2003 Henry V Pistol Olivier Theatre Royal National Theatre LondonEdmond A Pimp2004 The Jungle Book Akela Northampton Royal Northampton2005 Pericles Antichus Lysinichus Globe Theatre London2006 The Overwhelming Joseph Cottesloe Theatre Royal National Theatre London with Out of Joint Theatre Company2007 Macbeth Banquo Swan Theatre Stratford upon AvonMacbett Glamiss2008 God In Ruins Soho Theatre Soho LondonThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Dullfeet Lyric Hammersmith LondonWalking Waterfall Odame Almeida Theatre Islington London with Tiata Fahodzi2009 Iya Ile Chief Adeyemi Soho Theatre Soho LondonOthello Othello Citizens Theatre GlasgowThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Mariner Southbank Centre London2011 Great Expectations Magwitch Watford Palace Theatre WatfordPassing Wind Justice New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich part of Pulse Fringe FestivalThe Faith Machine Lawrence Patrick Royal Court Theatre LondonBritannicus Burrhus Wilton s Music Hall Shadwell London2012 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl Charlie Adams Cottesloe Theatre Royal National Theatre London also UK TourIgnorance Dr Nasir al Maliki Hampstead Theatre London2013 Othello Othello Cockpit Theatre London also USA Tour2015 Hamlet Asylum Seeker Claudius UK Tour with Talawa Theatre CompanyThe Crucible Reverend Parris Bristol Old Vic Bristol2016 Workshop Negative Mkhize Gate Theatre LondonThe Royale Wynton Bush Theatre Shepherd s Bush London2017 The Lower Depths Abram Ivanich Medvediev Arcola Theatre LondonThe Cherry Orchard Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin2018 The Two Noble Kinsmen Theseus Globe Theatre LondonThe Convert Uncle Young Vic The Cut London2019 Three Sisters Eze Lyttelton Theatre Royal National Theatre LondonGames edit Year Title Role Notes2021 GTFO Dr Abeo DaudaAwards and nominations editYear Award Category Work Result Ref 1994 Martini Rossi TMA Awards Best Supporting Actor Poor Super Man Won 17 2008 Red Rock Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Special Achievement in Acting Role Jehovah s Witness Won 18 2016 Screen Nation Film and Television Awards Favourite International Film with Idris Elba amp Ama K Abebrese Beasts of No Nation Won 19 Notes edit NetflixReleases Jude Akuwudike www netflixreleases com Retrieved 30 May 2022 Tiziana Morosetti Africa on the Contemporary London Stage 2018 p 104 Jane Milling Modern British Playwriting the 80s 2012 p 211 Timberlake Wertenbaker Our Country s Good 2015 p 16 J T Rogers The Overwhelming 2006 Biographies The Fatherland programme from the Bush Theatre at Riverside 1989 Virtual Murder cast at famousfix com Retrieved 28 February 2019 About the Players at shakespeare nd edu Shakespeare at Notre Dame Retrieved 21 February 2019 Plays and Players Applause Issue 521 1998 p 9 Plays International Volume 18 Chancery Publications 2002 p 14 Howard Loxton 2011 Great Expectations British Theatre Guide Mary Hammond Charles Dickens s Great Expectations A Cultural Life 1860 2012 2015 Appendix C Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Idris Elba highlights the flawed Beasts of No Nation 15 October 2015 at film avclub com Retrieved 27 February 2019 Alex Ritman Gangs of London Cinemax Series Sets Cast dated 12 May 2018 hollywoodreporter com Retrieved 27 February 2019 Bakare Tonye 28 March 2021 Jude Akuwudike Being Eyimofe The Guardian Nigeria Retrieved 22 August 2021 Warner Deborah Richard II 1997 Deborah Warner Retrieved 22 August 2021 Jude Akuwudike Hamilton Hodell Retrieved 2 October 2021 Jude Akuwudike Awards IMDb Retrieved 2 October 2021 11th Screen Nation Film amp Television Awards 2016 Rewarding Excellence Celebrating Diversity The Nigerian Voice Retrieved 2 October 2021 External links editJude Akuwudike at IMDb Jude Akuwudike at RADA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jude Akuwudike amp oldid 1179217334, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
