Ken Nwosu Explained

Ken Nwosu is a British actor.

Education

Nwosu graduated from Drama Centre London in 2013.[1] [2]

Work

Theatre

His work in theatre include the roles of Oswald in a 2016 Ghosts,[3] BJJ in An Octoroon in 2017[4] and Leo in White Noise in 2021. The newspaper i said that "Nwosu gives a committed and graceful account of Leo's ever more demented determination."[5] [6] Shakespeare plays include Othello, The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It.[7]

Nwosu played the title role in Ola Ince's 2024 production of Othello, as DCI Othello. Another actor played Othello's subconscious self.[8] The Standards reviewer said "Nwosu has a generic London accent, and the verse sounds all the fresher for his plain-spokenness: he is chilling in his later wrath, wrenching in his regret." The Guardians reviewer said "The two Othellos are at their most powerful when they are engaging with each other ... Nwosu makes Othello convincingly modern but the divided self also seems to take away from the freight of his performance."[9] The Telegraphs reviewer said "For all the nuance and humanity that Nwosu brings to Othello, this Moor feels reduced to a series of socially determined cause-and-effects."[10] The Timess reviewer called Nwosu’s Othello "a capable if uncharismatic Met policeman ("guvnor" to his colleagues) who tosses in references to New Scotland Yard and mysterious criminal cartels."[11] Time Outs reviewer thought that "Nwosu’s Othello has his moments but his abrupt descent into murderous rage doesn’t convince, and his performance feels severely hampered by having another guy on stage acting out his inner feelings, as if he himself wasn’t up to the challenge."[12]

Film and TV

His film and TV roles include Paul Hastings in the comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018),[13] Max Sanford in the first season of Killing Eve (2018) and the lead in the three-part TV-drama Sticks and Stones (2019), Thomas Benson.[14] [15]

2020 and onward roles include Ristridian in The Letter for the King (2020)[16] and Eddie in Hollington Drive (2021).[17] He is part of the cast in the 2023 Arthurian TV-series The Winter King, where he plays Sagramor,[18] and the upcoming six-part spy series Black Doves.[19]

Other

He was one of the voice actors on the 2023 video game Baldur's Gate 3.[20]

Awards and recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McEvoy . Sophie . 'Sticks & Stones' Thomas Also Appeared In 'Killing Eve' & 'Christopher Robin' . . 9 December 2021 . en . 16 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Bartram . Naomi . Who is Sticks & Stones actor Ken Nwosu? . . 9 December 2021 . en . 17 December 2019.
  3. News: Hickling . Alfred . Ghosts review – Niamh Cusack is outstanding in intense Ibsen . 9 December 2021 . . 24 November 2016 . en.
  4. Web site: Birchenough . Tom . An Octoroon review - slavery reprised as melodrama in a vibrantly theatrical show reviews, news & interviews The Arts Desk . . 9 December 2021 . 27 May 2017.
  5. News: Davis . Clive . White Noise review — exasperated by this American play about race and friendship . 9 December 2021 . . 13 October 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: Mountford . Fiona . Suzan-Lori Parks' play, White Noise, is chilling - but definitely not subtle . . 10 January 2022 . en . 13 October 2021.
  7. News: BBC - Live Lessons - Shakespeare: Unplugged - Presenters and guests . 9 December 2021 . BBC.
  8. News: Curtis . Nick . Othello at Shakespeare's Globe: a steely, shockingly brutal revival . 31 May 2024 . . 31 January 2024 . en.
  9. News: Akbar . Arifa . Othello review – Shakespeare’s tragedy interrogated in New Scotland Yard . 31 May 2024 . . 31 January 2024.
  10. News: Allfree . Claire . Othello: Shakespeare’s tragedy retooled as a study of police racism . 31 May 2024 . . 31 January 2024.
  11. News: Davis . Clive . Othello review — the Moor becomes a Met copper . 31 May 2024 . . 31 May 2024 . en.
  12. News: Lukowski . Andrzej . Othello, Shakespeare’s Globe review: Shakespeare’s tragedy of a Black general torn down by white jealousy . 31 May 2024 . . 31 January 2024.
  13. Web site: White . Peter . 'Christopher Robin' & 'Killing Eve's Ken Nwosu To Front Mike Bartlett Workplace Drama For ITV – Edinburgh . . 9 December 2021 . 24 August 2018.
  14. News: Humphreys . Georgia . 'You are not just guilty if you are the bully...you must intervene' . 9 December 2021 . . 14 December 2019.
  15. Web site: Maloney . Jim . UK drama Sticks And Stones: When does office banter become bullying? . . 9 December 2021 . en . 5 February 2020.
  16. Web site: Hough . Quinn . Netflix's Letter For The King Cast: Where You Recognize The Actors From . . 3 March 2023 . en . 20 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Craig . David . Meet the cast of ITV's Hollington Drive . . 26 December 2021 . en . 6 October 2021.
  18. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . 'The Winter King': Bad Wolf & ITVX Round Out Cast On Arthurian Legend Drama, Filming Wraps . . 3 March 2023 . 9 February 2023.
  19. Web site: Yossman . K. J. . Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire to Join Keira Knightley in Netflix Spy Thriller ‘Black Doves’ (EXCLUSIVE) . . 26 October 2023 . 25 October 2023.
  20. Web site: McMullen . Chris . All Voice Actors and Their Characters in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) . . 5 November 2023 . 21 September 2023.
  21. News: 2015 Charleson awards . 9 December 2021 . The Times . 15 May 2016 . en.
  22. Web site: 2017: Full Run: Plays: Male Performance – Ken Nwosu – An Octoroon – The Offies . . 9 December 2021.

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