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Akende Munalula

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Akende Munalula
LIFE OF RILEY, a modern love story with a twist. Riley, a woman haunted by her past, falls in love with a successful Dominican architect where a seemingly innocent event threatens to pull the very foundation of their lives apart.

Cast: Lisa Datz as Riley Taylor Sergio Carlo as Juan Carlos Silas Weir Mitchell as Simon Dionne Gipson as Danielle Akende Munalula as Jeremy
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Akende Munalula has acted opposite Stephen Dorff in DEPUTY on FOX, JK Simmons in COUNTERPART on STARZ Network, Tyler Perry in Tyler Perry's Boo2: A Madea Halloween, and in other independent productions such as the Emmy nominated digital series, The New 30, about a group of friends navigating life in their 40's. He can also be seen in The Salon coming later in 2020.

Akende has been a professional actor since 2015 when he joined the Screen Actors Guild, SAG-AFTRA. In 2015, he wrote and starred in City of Dreams, which premiered at the Action On Film festival. He also appeared in shorts like Tear Jerker, The Incision, and others. Before that Akende spent two years from 2012 to 2014 at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting.

Akende uses his writing passion to develop scripts for television and film. Using his connection to Africa he wants to bring African stories to a worldwide audience and to show a different side of the continent that is missing in scripted shows today.

With his experience in acting and writing, Akende dedicates his spare time to coaching youths in his home country of Zambia who wish to pursue their acting and writing dreams. He started thinkPURPOSE as a means to give back to those in need.

Akende, a father of two, lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Known for

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
3.9
  • Calvin
  • 2017
J.K. Simmons in Counterpart (2017)
Counterpart
8.0
TV Series
  • Pascal
The New 30 (2017)
The New 30
8.5
TV Series
  • Kelvin
The Incision (2014)
The Incision
4.7
Short
  • Chansa(as Richard Akende)
  • 2014

Credits

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Actor

  • Life of Riley
    • Jeremy
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Coercion
    • Dev
    • In Development
    • TV Series
  • Fallen
    • Agent Mitchell Haskins
    • Post-production
  • CSI: Vegas (2021)
    CSI: Vegas
    • Cowgirl's Father
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Kate Linder, Harry Shearer, Chala Savino, Jeanette O'Connor, Gail Bearden, Luis Jose Lopez, Jennifer Lee Weaver, Anthony Tai, Candy Washington, Eddie Buck, Vanessa Garcia, Tommy Geraci, Akende Munalula, Derek Warburton, Mason Grammer, and Sam Rubin in The Salon (2020)
    The Salon
    • Abimbola
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Kasuba Mukuka in The Long Road Home (2020)
    The Long Road Home
    • Henry
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Where Butterflies Perish (2020)
    Where Butterflies Perish
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Christopher Davison in The Reaper (2019)
    The Reaper
    • Kelly
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Cheating Death (2019)
    Cheating Death
    • Angel of Death
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Cheating Death
    • Angel of Death
    • Video
    • 2019
  • Muzo (2018)
    Muzo
    • Martin
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • J.K. Simmons in Counterpart (2017)
    Counterpart
    • Pascal
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • A Teen's Survival Guide 4 When ish Happens: The All-Star (2017)
    A Teen's Survival Guide 4 When ish Happens: The All-Star
    • Ronnie
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Unexpected Guests
    • Peter Shan (as Richard Munalula)
    • 2017
  • Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
    Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
    • Calvin
    • 2017
  • The New 30 (2017)
    The New 30
    • Kelvin
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Davis Choh, Melanie Martin, Johnny Paddio, Josh Harp, and Krystal Mosley in Rayven Choi (2016)
    Rayven Choi
    • Dorian Glover
    • Short
    • 2016
  • City of Dreams (2016)
    City of Dreams
    • Tom
    • Short
    • 2016

Producer

  • Where Butterflies Perish (2020)
    Where Butterflies Perish
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • City of Dreams (2016)
    City of Dreams
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • The Perfect Plan (2016)
    The Perfect Plan
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Akende Munalula in Justice (2014)
    Justice
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2014

Writer

  • City of Dreams (2016)
    City of Dreams
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • The Perfect Plan (2016)
    The Perfect Plan
    • Writer
    • 2016
  • Akende Munalula in Justice (2014)
    Justice
    • additional material & dialogue
    • Short
    • 2014
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