Sammi Rotibi | |
Birth Place: | Nigeria |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1997–present |
Sammi Rotibi is a Nigerian-American film and television actor. His most notable roles are Rodney in Django Unchained and General Amajagh in . His acting idols are Sidney Poitier and Peter O'Toole.
Rotibi was born and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. He attended schools in Nigeria; Miami, Florida; and Los Angeles, California. He is the youngest child of a large family. He decided to become an actor at 18 while working as a part-time bank teller in Miami when a client who owned a talent-agency suggested it as a profession to him.[1]
1998 | Extramarital | Tyrone | ||
2003 | Tears of the Sun | Arthur Azuka | ||
2003 | The Wounded | Noa | Direct-to-video | |
2004 | Lord of War | Andre Baptiste Junior | ||
2006 | Yellow | Red | ||
2009 | Blue | Lamont | ||
2011 | CIS: Las Gidi | Officer Bolaji Ladejo | ||
2011 | Okoto the Messenger | Mr. Reuben | ||
2011 | 40-Life | Tourist | ||
2012 | LUV | Jamison | ||
2012 | Maniac | Jason | ||
2012 | Goldtooth | Short | ||
2012 | Django Unchained | Rodney | ||
2014 | Cru | Adisa Ewansiha | ||
2015 | Bad Asses on the Bayou | Geoffrey | Direct-to-video | |
2016 | General Amajagh | |||
2016 | Broken Vows | Sam | ||
2016 | Blue: The American Dream | Lamont | ||
2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Gigi | ||
2018 | The Darkest Minds | Paul Daly | ||
2018 | El Africano | Aaron Bello | ||
2019 | The Obituary of Tunde Johnson | Adesola Johnson | ||
2021 | The Forbidden Wish | Nate | ||
2021 | The Forever Purge | Darius | ||
2023 | 57 Seconds | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1997, 2003 | NYPD Blue | Dele Okafor / Nigerian #1 | 2 episodes | |
1998 | Always Outnumbered | Marlow Bitta | Television film | |
2001 | The District | Young Officer Noland | Episode: "A Southern Town" | |
2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Marchand | Episode: "Come Back, Little Diva" | |
2001 | Special Unit 2 | Cop #2 | Episode: "The Waste" | |
2001 | Son of the Beach | African Worker | Episode: "The Sexorcist" | |
2001 | The Jennie Project | Kwele | Television film | |
2001 | The Invisible Man | Jarod | Episode: "Den of Thieves" | |
2003 | JAG | Louis Clair | Episode: "The One That Got Away" | |
2004 | The Division | Adam Baker | Episode: "That's Them" | |
2008 | Arthur Bodie | Episode: "Taxi" | ||
2012 | The Secret Circle | Eben | 6 episodes | |
2014 | Matador | Didi Akinyele | 8 episodes | |
2015 | Solomon Ekpo | Episode: "My City" | ||
2015 | Scorpion | Jonas Madaky | Episode: "US vs. UN vs. UK" | |
2016–2018 | Mars | Robert Foucault | 12 episodes | |
2017 | MacGyver | Hasan | Episode: "Screwdriver" | |
2017 | The Blacklist | Geoffroy Keino | Episode: "The Forecaster (No. 163)" | |
2019 | Chicago P.D. | Marcus West | Episode: "False Positive" | |
2021 | The Lost Symbol | Agent Adamu | Episode: "Pilot" | |
57 Seconds | Post production |