Ansu Kabia Explained

Ansu Kabia
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2005–present

Ansu Kabia is a British actor. He attended the Drama Centre London and was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company Ensemble.[1] He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series Miss Scarlet and The Duke as the character Moses.

Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of To Sir, With Love, based on E. R. Braithwaite's autographical novel.[2] The 2013 play was adapted by Ayub Khan Din and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic Michael Billington: "Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly patrician figure slowly unbending before the less privileged without ever losing his dignity."[3] This was the first time To Sir, With Love was produced as a live performance.[4] [5] E. R. Braithwaite attended the play and called Kabia's performance of Ricky Braithwaite "excellent".[6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Patriarch Father Reggie Yates wrote and directed this 4-minute short film.[7]
2017 Murder on the Orient ExpressPolice Captain (Newsreel)
2019 Last Christmas Rufus
UK Newsreader
2023 The End We Start From D
2024 Back to Black Raye
2025 Huntsman Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Casualty Kevin Mellor Episode: "Aftermath"
2006 The Bill Devon Power Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
2008 10 Days to War Charlie Episode: "A Simple Private Matter"
2011 London's Burning Television film
2012 Wizards vs. Aliens Security Man 2 episodes
2014 Utopia Security Guard Episode #2.6
2018 The Long Song James Richards Miniseries; 2 episodes
2019 World On Fire Eddie Knight5 episodes
2020 I May Destroy You Derae Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"
2020–2022 Miss Scarlet and The Duke Moses Main role; 17 episodes
2021 The Irregulars John Cooper Episode: "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B"
2022 The Sandman Ruthven Sykes 2 episodes
2023 For Her Sins Tom Bryant 3 episodes
2024 Lucy & Sara Bartholomew Miniseries; episode: "Suicide"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreNotes
2013 To Sir, With Love Oxford Playhouse Based on the novel, To Sir, with Love.[8]
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company [9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ansu Kabia BBA Shakespeare . bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk . 24 November 2022.
  2. News: Ansu is proud to return classic story to war roots . 17 December 2022 . Bradford Telegraph and Argus . en.
  3. News: Billington . Michael . To Sir, With Love – review . 17 December 2022 . The Guardian . 11 September 2013 . en.
  4. News: Fisher . Gillian . Ansu Kabia – interview - To Sir With Love . 17 December 2022 . Afridiziak Theatre News . October 2013 . English.
  5. News: Cavendish . Dominic . Fifty years from page to stage - and still a hit . 17 December 2022 . The Daily Telegraph . Newspaper.com . 16 Sep 2013 . 29 . en.
  6. News: Fisher . Gillian . E.R Braithwaite – interview -To Sir, With Love . 17 December 2022 . Afridiziak Theatre News . October 2013 . English.
  7. Web site: Munday . Rob . Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates . Directors Notes . 24 November 2022 . 14 October 2013.
  8. Web site: Fort . Hugh . To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s . BerkshireLive . 24 November 2022 . en . 21 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Ansu Kabia BBA Shakespeare . bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk . 24 November 2022.
  10. News: Felperin . Leslie . 'Romeo and Juliet': Theater Review . 24 December 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter . 26 May 2016.