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Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor, writer, director and producer in theatre, film, television and radio. 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 ...
Lucian Msamati is a UK-born actor and producer of Tanzanian descent, known for his roles in See How They Run, The International and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. IMDb provides his biography, filmography, awards, photos, videos and trivia.
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- He was born in London to Tanzanian parents, then grew up mainly in Zimbabwe. Msamati was eight when his parents — a nurse and a doctor — moved from Tanzania to Zimbabwe, which was then a newly established nation.
- He knew he wanted to be an actor from a young age. "I remember about the age of nine doing some kind of sketch in an English lesson, standing in front of the class and getting this feeling: 'I'm good at this.
- In 1994, he co-founded Over the Edge, one of Zimbabwe's most successful independent theater companies. They became known for producing inventive reinterpretations of Shakespeare, as well as original Zimbabwean plays, and performed frequently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- He moved to London to further his career in 2002, and has lived in the U.K. capital ever since. "I had always maintained, and always knew that in order to make it in this profession I would have to leave Zimbabwe eventually," he told The Guardian in 2008.
Sep 23, 2020 · As Lucian Msamati stars in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads at the Bridge theatre, London, we revisit his career through the archive of Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton. All photographs by ...
Jun 3, 2015 · This changes in Lucian Msamati’s forthcoming role at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), where he becomes the first Iago to be played by a black actor at the company. Changing the racial dynamics of this central relationship will introduce an entirely new perspective on this 400-year-old text.
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Jul 14, 2020 · I want you to see my colour' | National Theatre | The Guardian. ‘The higher I have climbed, the more I have grown into myself as a human being’ ... Lucian Msamati as Salieri in Amadeus....
Lucian Msamati is a UK-born actor and producer of Tanzanian descent. He has appeared in films such as The International and See How They Run, and played Iago and Salieri on stage.
