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Baboucarr Alieu Ceesay (born 1979) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in Guerrilla and Rogue One. He also starred as the main antagonist Pilgrim in season 3 of AMC TV series Into the Badlands.

Babou Ceesay
Born	Baboucarr Alieu Ceesay 1979 London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Early life and education

Ceesay was born in London, England, and grew up in West Africa. He is a dual-national and is of Gambian descent.[1] He trained at Oxford School of Drama. He has also been involved in many significant projects on stage include The Overwhelming opposite Andrew Garfield and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He studied Microbiology at Imperial College London and also worked as an internal auditor at accounting firm, Deloitte.[2]

Career

Ceesay's first major role was in a horror/comedy film, Severance. Two years later he got a role on TV in an episode of Whistleblower. He made guest appearance in multiple British TV shows including Silent Witness, Law & Order: UK, Casualty, Strike Back, Luther, Getting On and Lewis.

In 2013, he worked in the Nigerian film, Half of a Yellow Sun, alongside Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and another rising star, John Boyega.[3] In 2014, he worked on '71.

In 2015, he was cast in NBC's TV drama, A.D. The Bible Continues as John the Apostle.[4] He also appeared in the thriller Eye in the Sky (2015)[5] and the British action comedy Free Fire (2016), set in Boston, and starring Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, and Armie Hammer.

He made a return to television with a major role in the Channel 4 drama, National Treasure as Jerome Sharp, Paul Finchley's (played by Robbie Coltrane) lawyer.[6] He then signed up for and starred in a BBC One television movie, Damilola, Our Loved Boy, based on the murder of Damilola Taylor, a ten-year old Nigerian boy living in Peckham, London and the trial which followed.[7] He played the role of the father, Richard Taylor for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor.[8]

In August 2016, he was cast in the British miniseries, Guerrilla, alongside Idris Elba and Freida Pinto.[9]

In 2019, he was cast as Manny Mensah in the BBC One drama television series Dark Money, with John Schwab and Joseph May. He also performed in the American civil rights drama, The Best of Enemies (2019), adapted from a history about school integration and an unlikely alliance in a town in North Carolina.

In 2020, Ceesay was cast as DI Jackson Mendy in the Alibi television series We Hunt Together, with Eve Myles, Hermione Corfield, and Dipo Ola in the other main roles.[10] In 2021, Paul Abbotts crime drama Wolfe premiered on Sky, in which Ceesay plays the title role as a forensic scientist in Manchester.

Personal life

He lives in London with his wife, journalist Anna Ceesay, and their two children.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Severance	Billy
2011	Stolen	David	TV film
	Shirley	Henry Bassey	TV film
2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Okeoma
2014	'71	Corporal
2015	Eye in the Sky	Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq
2016	Free Fire	Martin
	Damilola, Our Loved Boy	Richard Taylor	TV film
	Rogue One	Lieutenant Sefla
2019	'The Best of Enemies	Bill Riddick
2020	The Show	Second Cabby
2021	Resurrection	John
	Iris	The Doctor	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Whistleblower	Dr. Abdulrazzad	Miniseries
	Silent Witness	DS Gayle	Episode: "Death's Door"
2009	Law & Order: UK	Daniel Matoukou	Episode: "Care"
2011	Casualty	Jake Maddick	Episode: "Til Death Us Do Part"
	Luther	Adewale Omotoso	Episode: "#2.3"
2012	Strike Back: Vengeance	Ozzy Osondu	Recurring role, 2 episodes
	Getting On	Hansley	Series 3 regular
2013	Lewis	DC Alex Gray	Episode: "The Ramblin' Boy"
2014	Puppy Love	Dennis	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	John	Series regular, 12 episodes
2016	National Treasure	Jerome	Miniseries
2017	Guerrilla	Marcus Hill	Series regular, 6 episodes
2018-19	Into the Badlands	Pilgrim	Recurring role, 16 episodes
2019	Dark Money	Manny Mensah	Miniseries
2020-22	We Hunt Together	DI Jackson Mendy	Series regular, 12 episodes
2021	Wolfe	Wolfe Kinteh	Series regular, 6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2017	12th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards	Male Performance in TV	Damilola, Our Loved Boy	Nominated
	63rd British Academy Television Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2018	Broadcasting Press Guild Awards	Best Actor	Guerrilla	Nominated

References

External links

• Babou Ceesay on Facebook
• Babou Ceesay at IMDb

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