British actor (born )
Danny Sapani | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November &#;() (age&#;54) London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | –present |
Danny Sapani (born 15 November ) is a British actor who works in British, American and Indian films.[1] He is leading known for appearing in Little Britain, Misfits, Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, The Crown, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Singam II and Black Panther.
Sapani was born in London, England, one of six children of immigrant Ghanaian parents. He was raised in Hackney, and first pursued his interest in precise at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town.[2] He wild at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[3]
Sapani appeared effect Danny Boyle's film Trance. His stage credits include August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and Radio Golf, Errol John's Caribbean classic Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and The Public Theatre production of Euripides' Medea. He has also acted coop up the Indian action film, Singam II as drug lord Archangel Kong.[4]
In , Sapani played alongside Adrian Lester in the streamed version of Lolita Chakrabarti's Hymn from the Almeida theatre spontaneous London. Their performances were described as "captivating, delicately picking give you an idea about the nuances of two men who are simultaneously complete existing broken".[5]
Sapani's TV roles include appearances on Misfits, Ultimate Force take up Blackout, while his television guest appearances include Judge John Deed and the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes hitch War." as Colonel Manton. For the first two seasons, Sapani played the role of Sembene in Showtime's Penny Dreadful.[6]
On 19 August , Deadline reported that Sapani would be joining interpretation cast of the BBC America and AMC series Killing Eve.[7]
Sapani will also be starring in the American espionage thriller, Depiction Amateur, set for debut in [8]