Pacharo Mzembe

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Pacharo Mzembe
Born
Malawi
Alma materNational Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
OccupationActor
AwardsGreen Room Award winner, Theatre Companies Performer, 2019 Helpmann Awards, Best Actor in a leading role, South Australian Screen Awards (SASA) - Best Performance nominee for Kind of Man, 2009

Pacharo Mzembe is an Australian actor. He has performed on stage, in several television series and in feature films.

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Early life

Mzembe's parents originate from Malawi, but he was born in Zimbabwe. He migrated to Australia at the age of six to the state of Queensland.[ citation needed ]

Acting career

Mzembe is an alumnus of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), after being accepted when he was 17 years old. In the summer of 2012, he undertook a run across Australia, which he founded and named the Run of Awareness, with the aim of highlighting the inequality of educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth in Australia and around the world.[ citation needed ]

Mzembe started his career in theatre, but has since appeared in numerous television and movie roles, including Monster Problems , Channel Nine’s Here Come the Habibs , Harrow on the ABC, and SBS's Safe Harbour . On the stage, he played Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop, as well as appearing in Prize Fighter, for which he won a Green Room Award and was nominated for the Sydney Theatre and Helpmann Awards for his portrayal of an ex-child soldier turned boxing contender.[ citation needed ]

Mzembe is also passionate about youth empowerment and filmmaking.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024Sleeping DogsIsaac Samuel
202?Nautilus [1] Boniface10 episodes
2022 God's Favorite Idiot Dr Stephens1 episode
2022Blake SiteBen Jordan
2021La BreaTony Greene10 episodes
2021 Wakefield (TV series) [2] Rohan Achebe5 episodes
2021Young RockFireman1 episode
2020Love and MonstersRay
2020The EndDetective Sharma1 episode
2019Twelfth RoundShort
2019 Harrow (TV series) Jacob Diallo1 episode
2018Safe HarbourMatou4 episodes
2017Making of a MasterTigerShort
2017 Here Come the Habibs Kanye3 episodes
2017The Family LawAaron1 episode
2016Twenty 7Robert JohnsonShort
2015Texas Rising: The Lost SoldierJoe1 episode
2015Danger 5 [3] Pierre7 episodes
2011 Underbelly (TV series) Nuggett12 episodes
2011Terra NovaAlverez2 episodes
2011SpiritedGhost Tang1 episode
2011 Sinbad and the Minotaur KarimTV Movie
2010Summer CodaMonty
2009VinylZekeShort
2009RalphDJShort
2009Kind of ManDaluShort
2009The DiplomatD.C Terry AyyarTV Movie

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References

  1. https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/02/georgia-flood-joins-nautilus-shoot-in-qld.html
  2. https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/07/wakefield-to-resume-filming-for-abc.html
  3. https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/01/danger-5-returns-on-sbs-2.html
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Pacharo Mzembe - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.