Chukwudi Iwuji

Chukwudi Iwuji (/ˈtʃʊkʊdi ɪˈwuːdʒi/;[1] born 1975, Nigeria), also known as Chuk Iwuji, is a Nigerian-British actor.

Life

Iwuji was sent by parents to a boarding school in England at the age of 10, after they moved from Nigeria to Ethiopia to work for the United Nations. He then attended Yale University and studied economics, before moving to drama school in Wisconsin. He graduated from the latter in 2000, moving back to the United Kingdom.

Career

Iwuji has mainly worked onstage for the Royal Shakespeare Company (replacing David Oyelowo in the title role of the Henry VI trilogy in the 2006 revival of the This England: The Histories project), the Royal National Theatre (Welcome to Thebes, 2010), the Old Vic (in a 2011 Richard blindspot III[2]) and the Comedy Theatre (in a 2009 production of The Misanthrope), as well as British film, radio and television.

Other credits include the upcoming Othello in Othello in The Public Theater's production at the Delacorte Theater in June 2018. This will be his fifth production with the company, as previously he appeared in Antony and Cleopatra as Enobarbus in 2014, King Lear as Edgar in 2014, Hamlet as Hamlet in 2016, The Low Road as John Blanke in March 2018,[3] and Daniel Isn't Real as Braun in 2019.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Hollyoaks
2009	Exam	Black
2010	A Thousand Tiny Wings	Joshua Sembeke	TV Series
2011	Doctor Who	Carl	2 episodes
2014	Fall to Rise	Cabbie
2016	Madam Secretary	Hadi Bangote	Episode: "Desperate Remedies"
2016	Blindspot	Oscar's Friend	Episode: "In the Comet of Us"
2016	Barry	Ephraim
2016	National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler	Lovborg
2017	John Wick 2	Akoni
2017	National Theatre Live: Obsession
2018	Bikini Moon	Adam
2018	Quantico	Dante Warick	Episode: "The Heaven's Fall"[4]
2018	Rosy	Manager
2018	The Split	Alexander Hale
2019	Daniel Isn't Real	Braun
2019	When They See Us	Colin Moore	2 episodes
2019	Designated Survivor	Dr. Eli Mays	8 episodes
2019	Dynasty	Lanford III	Episode: "Shoot from the Hip"
2020	Shine Your Eyes	Ikenna

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References

"Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with Chukwudi Iwuji". The Public Theater. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item115751/Gwynne,%20Iwuji%20and%20Jones%20join%20Richard%20III/
"Chukwudi Iwuji". iobdb.com.
"QUANTICO: THE HEAVEN'S FALL (6/15); JOCELYN BATTLES THE ADVERSARY WHO CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER, ON ABC'S 'QUANTICO,' FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Season 3, Episode 6". June 15, 2018. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.

External links

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[1] "Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with Chukwudi Iwuji". The Public Theater. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[2] ttp://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item115751/Gwynne,%20Iwuji%20and%20Jones%20join%20Richard%20III/

[3] "Chukwudi Iwuji". iobdb.com.

[4] "QUANTICO: THE HEAVEN'S FALL (6/15); JOCELYN BATTLES THE ADVERSARY WHO CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER, ON ABC'S 'QUANTICO,' FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Season 3, Episode 6". June 15, 2018. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.