Shaquille Ali-Yebuah

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Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Born (1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 28)
Hammersmith, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Known for iBoy
The First Team

Shaquille Ali-Yebuah (born 26 May 1995) is a British actor.

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Early life

Ali-Yebuah is from London. He trained with Identity School of Acting. [1]

Career

In 2013, Ali-Yebuah was cast to play a young Steven K Amos in BBC Radio 4's What Does the K Stand For?, [2] and also appeared in Miles Jupp's In and Out of the Kitchen , also distributed by the same network.

He went on to pursue numerous British television roles, including CBBC's Dixi, [3] Casualty , You, Me, and the Apocalypse , and a Nike advert for the 2014 FIFA World Cup as part of the "Winner Stays On" campaign, which ended up being the highest viewed commercial on YouTube with over 118 million views and racked up 20 million views within 4 days.

In 2017, he appeared in a Netflix original film entitled iBoy , an action thriller also starring Miranda Richardson, Rory Kinnear, Maisie Williams and Bill Milner. As well, he appeared in The Children Act , a film directed by Richard Eyre and featuring Emma Thompson, as well as Social Suicide and a role in Solo: A Star Wars Story . [1]

2020 saw him appear in The First Team , a football based comedy series from the creators of The Inbetweeners , portraying the role of Benji Achebe, a young footballer on the fringes of the first team squad in love with the trappings of being a footballer. [4] [5]

In 2021, he became the face of UK Mobile operator O2’s latest television advert.

In 2023, he had a role in Channel 4 comedy series I Hate You , written by Robert Popper and featuring Tanya Reynolds and Melissa Saint. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Shaquille Ali-Yebuah Talks Acting Career & Upcoming Role in New Royal Court Play, Wish List | The British Blacklist". thebritishblacklist.co.uk. 9 December 2016.
  2. "What Does the K Stand For?, Series 1, Meet the cast of What Does the K Stand For? - Stephen K Amos & Shaquille Ali-Yebuah". BBC. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. "Young Actor Shaquille Ali-Yebuah Joins April Hughes & Jordan Loughran in 3rd Series of CBBC Online Safety Drama 'Dixi'… « The British Blacklist".
  4. "BBC - Shaquille Ali-Yebuah (Benji) - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. Guide, British Comedy (26 May 2020). "Shaquille Ali-Yebuah interview - The First Team". British Comedy Guide.
  6. "I Hate You". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.