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Fisayo Akinade

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Fisayo Akinade
Set in 1846, three sailors are shipwrecked on an uncharted island off the west coast of Scotland to find four lone inhabitants living in what was once a thriving community. As days pass for the promised supply ship to take them home, the sailors discover that not all is well on the seemingly friendly isle.
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The Isle (2018)
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Fisayo Akinade was born December 28th 1987 in Liverpool, England. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. As well as his theatre work he is also known for Heartstopper(2022), Atlanta (2022), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), Cucumber/Banana (2015) and The Girl with all the Gifts (2016)
BornDecember 28, 1987
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Fisayo Akinade in Heartstopper (2022)
Brian Tyree Henry and Fisayo Akinade in Atlanta (2016)
Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Gemma Arterton, and Fisayo Akinade in The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Steve Toussaint, Laurietta Essien, Fisayo Akinade, and Zoe Ndlovu in Banana (2015)
Fisayo Akinade and Joel Palmer in Banana (2015)
Georgia Henshaw, Letitia Wright, Hannah John-Kamen, Mike Coombes, and Fisayo Akinade in Banana (2015)
Vincent Franklin, Julie Hesmondhalgh, James Murray, Cyril Nri, Con O'Neill, Ceallach Spellman, Freddie Fox, and Fisayo Akinade in Cucumber (2015)
Judi Dench, Bhasker Patel, Jackie Clune, Mark Gatiss, Llewella Gideon, Bill Paterson, Nina Sosanya, Catherine Tate, Timothy West, Finty Williams, Madalena Alberto, Nicholas Burns, MyAnna Buring, Rosalie Craig, Hadley Fraser, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Alice Hewkin, Jade Anouka, Stavros Demetraki, Rita Balogun, Rachel Denning, Fisayo Akinade, Andrew Mcdonald, Sabina Arthur, Kadiff Kirwan, Tommy French, Sunny Yeo, and Alex Boxall at an event for The Vote (2015)
Fisayo Akinade
Luke Newberry, Georgia Henshaw, Charlie Covell, T'Nia Miller, Bethany Black, Freddie Fox, Dino Fetscher, and Fisayo Akinade in Banana (2015)

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Alice Oseman, Joe Locke, and Kit Connor in Heartstopper (2022)
Heartstopper
8.7
TV Series
  • Mr. Ajayi
Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz in Atlanta (2016)
Atlanta
8.6
TV Series
  • Khalil
Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield
6.4
  • Markham
  • 2019
Banana (2015)
Banana
7.5
TV Mini Series
  • Dean Monroe

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  • Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton in Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
    Dangerous Liaisons
    • Chevalier de Saint-Jacques
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Alice Oseman, Joe Locke, and Kit Connor in Heartstopper (2022)
    Heartstopper
    • Mr. Ajayi
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz in Atlanta (2016)
    Atlanta
    • Khalil
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Complaints Department
    • Voice Over (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor in Romeo & Juliet (2021)
    Romeo & Juliet
    • Mercutio
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Hell Cats (2020)
    Hell Cats
    • Pierre Bouspeut
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • Martin's Close (2019)
    Martin's Close
    • William
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
    The Personal History of David Copperfield
    • Markham
    • 2019
  • Blood & Truth (2019)
    Blood & Truth
    • Voice Talent (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2019
  • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
    • Andrew Dewey
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo in National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra (2018)
    National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
    • Eros
    • 2018
  • Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw in A Very English Scandal (2018)
    A Very English Scandal
    • Clive Otunde
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • The Isle (2018)
    The Isle
    • Cailean Ferris
    • 2018
  • National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles (2018)
    National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
    • Samuel
    • Video
    • 2018
  • MyAnna Buring in In the Dark (2017)
    In the Dark
    • Theo
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017

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The Girl with All the Gifts
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The Girl with All the Gifts
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The Isle
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The Girl with All the Gifts

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    • December 28, 1987
    • Liverpool, England, UK

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