Ken Nwosu

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Ken Nwosu is a British actor.

Education

Nwosu graduated from Drama Centre London in 2013. [1] [2]

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Work

Theatre

His work in theatre include the roles of Oswald in a 2016 Ghosts , [3] BJJ in An Octoroon in 2017 [2] [4] and Leo in White Noise in 2021. The newspaper i said that "Nwosu gives a committed and graceful account of Leo's ever more demented determination." [5] [6] Shakespeare plays include Othello , The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It . [7]

Nwosu played the title role in Ola Ince's 2024 production of Othello, as DCI Othello. Another actor played Othello's subconscious self. [8] The Standard 's reviewer said "Nwosu has a generic London accent, and the verse sounds all the fresher for his plain-spokenness: he is chilling in his later wrath, wrenching in his regret." [8] The Guardian 's reviewer said "The two Othellos are at their most powerful when they are engaging with each other ... Nwosu makes Othello convincingly modern but the divided self also seems to take away from the freight of his performance." [9] The Telegraph 's reviewer said "For all the nuance and humanity that Nwosu brings to Othello, this Moor feels reduced to a series of socially determined cause-and-effects." [10] The Times 's reviewer called Nwosu’s Othello "a capable if uncharismatic Met policeman ("guvnor" to his colleagues) who tosses in references to New Scotland Yard and mysterious criminal cartels." [11] Time Out 's reviewer thought that "Nwosu’s Othello has his moments but his abrupt descent into murderous rage doesn’t convince, and his performance feels severely hampered by having another guy on stage acting out his inner feelings, as if he himself wasn’t up to the challenge." [12]

Film and TV

His film and TV roles include Paul Hastings in the comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), [13] Max Sanford in the first season of Killing Eve (2018) [2] and the lead in the three-part TV-drama Sticks and Stones (2019), Thomas Benson. [14] [15]

2020 and onward roles include Ristridian in The Letter for the King (2020) [16] and Eddie in Hollington Drive (2021). [17] He is part of the cast in the 2023 Arthurian TV-series The Winter King , where he plays Sagramor, [18] and the 2024 six-part spy series Black Doves . [19]

Other

He was one of the voice actors on the 2023 video game Baldur's Gate 3 . [20]

Awards and recognition

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