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Chris Obi. Christopher Obi Ogugua // ⓘ (born September 24, 1970) is an English actor and filmmaker who trained at Drama Centre London and graduated in 2001. He has done a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he was directed by Sir Antony Sher in the four-hander, Breakfast with Mugabe and a season at the Globe Theatre in 2007.
Chris Obi is a British-Nigerian actor who has appeared in TV shows and movies such as American Gods, Star Trek: Discovery, and Snow White and the Huntsman. He is also a director and a writer of short films and videos.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- 2 min
- Death Becomes Him
- “Don’t Try and Out-Act Those People”
- There Will Be Darkness
- The Voice from The Other Side
- “It’s Mind-Blowing”
Obi’s friendship with Daredevil led to his first encounter with Neil Gaiman’s work. Chris Obi: Well, my friend is Charlie Cox and he did Stardust. He’s one of my best pals. So I was kind of familiar with Neil Gaiman, but I wasn’t familiar with his works. Really just Stardust. But I’d just done Roots and really got into the habit of reading the sour...
American Gods is a show packed with stellar performances. Obi knew early on he’d have to focus on his own performance in a very specific way. Obi:So it was very fortunate for me to be in the present company of, like, Ian McShane and Orlando Jones and Gillian Anderson. [My thinking was] don’t try and out-act those people. Not that it’s a competition...
Some of Obi’s best scenes on American Gods were played against Emily Browning. When viewers first meet Jacquel, he’s very stoic, calm, and comforting. But when he encounters Laura Moon, somebody who flouts the rules of his universe, he gets a little pissed off. I asked Obi how he modulated his performance. Obi:The way I read the script was, I come ...
The first thing that struck me after getting on the phone with Obi was that he doesn’t sound like Mr. Jacquel at all. So I had to ask him where the deep bass of the character’s voice came from. Obi: I promise, it’s so organic. I think it’s what we do. I think that’s the joy of acting, that something happens. And that’s the beauty of American Gods, ...
Actors don’t always know what the final version of a project will look like, when it’s all said and done. When it’s something as out there as American Gods, Obi says seeing the whole season play out is a real trip. Obi:It’s mind-blowing. It really is mind-blowing. When I was in LA, I had Starz so I could watch it on the Sunday, and now I’m back Lon...
Learn about Christopher Obi, an English actor and filmmaker who starred in the fantasy series "American Gods" and other TV shows and movies. Find out his biography, filmography, photos and more on TV Insider.
Apr 22, 2019 · Chris Obi is an English actor of Nigerian descent who plays Mr. Jacquel, the manifestation of Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead, in American Gods. Learn more about his background, film and TV credits, and his role in the Starz series.
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Chris Obi is a British-born actor who starred in "American Gods" and "Star Trek: Discovery". Learn about his career, filmography, and ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
Christopher Obi Ogugua) (born September 24, 1970) is an English actor and filmmaker who trained at Drama Centre London and graduated in 2001. He has done a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he was directed by Sir Antony Sher in the four-hander, Breakfast with Mugabe and a season at the Globe Theatre in 2007.
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