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Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor. He received the majority of his formative education at Prince Edwards school in Harare, Zimbabwe. He played Salladhor Saan in HBO series Game of Thrones; and was the first black actor to play Iago, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2015 production of Othello.

Lucian Msamati
Msamati in 2010
Born	Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (1976-03-05) 5 March 1976 (age 46) London , England
Other names	Wiina Msamati
Occupation	Actor, playwright

Early life and education

Msamati[1] was born in London[2] on 5 March 1976 and brought up in Zimbabwe by his Tanzanian parents, a doctor and a nurse.[3] After secondary education at Prince Edward School in Harare, he studied towards a BA honours degree in French and Portuguese at the University of Zimbabwe from 1995 to 1997.[1][3][2]

Career

Theatre

After university, he took a day-job as an advertising copywriter and freelance radio presenter. He also worked as a voice-over artist, compere and after-dinner speaker.

In 1994, Msamati and school friends Shaheen Jassat (deceased), Craig and Gavin Peter, Kevin Hanssen, Roy Chizivano, Sarah Norman founded what would become Zimbabwe's acclaimed Over the Edge Theatre Company[4] in Harare, later joined by Erica Glyn-Jones, Zane E. Lucas, Chipo Chung, Karin Alexander, Rob Hollands and Michael Pearce. The company celebrated its 10th anniversary in December 2004, having flown the Zimbabwe flag across Europe, the United States and South Africa. The last few years have seen individual members pursuing other interests. Though not officially disbanded, there are no immediate plans of an Over the Edge reunion. From 1998 to 2001, the company performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland; some plays were written by Msamati.[3]

In November 2010, Msamati was appointed the Artistic Director of British-African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi,[2] until being succeeded in 2014 by Natalie Ibu.[5] He has continued to work with Tiata Fahodzi, directing Boi Boi is Dead in February–March 2015.[2]

In the spring of 2015, Msamati became the first black actor ever to play Iago in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Othello (with Hugh Quarshie in the title role).[2][6]

From October 2016 to March 2017 and from February to 24 April 2018, he performed in the leading role of Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus at the National Theatre, a performance which Michael Billington, in a four-starred review for The Guardian, described as "excellent".[7][8]

In 2019 he starred as Sam in Master Harold and the Boys at the Royal National Theatre.[9][10]

Msamati has appeared in several other theatrical productions in London, UK, including:

Television

He has also appeared in several television productions, including episodes of the television series Ultimate Force and Spooks. In 2008, he took on his most prominent role, playing JLB Matekoni in the BBC/HBO-produced series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.[14] He has guest starred in episodes of the BBC television series Luther, Ashes to Ashes, Doctor Who, Taboo, and Death in Paradise, as well as playing the part of the pirate Salladhor Saan in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[15][16] He recently appeared as Lord Faa in His Dark Materials on BBC One. In 2020 Msamati appeared as Ed Dumani in Sky Atlantic’s Gangs of London[17] and in an episode of the BBC's production of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.[18]

Film

Msamati appeared in the film The International (2009). Other film credits include Lumumba (1999), directed by Raoul Peck; the animated feature The Legend of the Sky Kingdom (2003), directed by Roger Hawkins and Richard II, directed by Rupert Goold.[19]

Radio

Msamati appeared as Matthew in the BBC Radio 4 drama Burned to Nothing (2011) by Rex Obano.[20]

Personal life

Msamati permanently moved to the UK in 2003,[3] and now resides in London.[19]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Knock	Doctor	Series 3, Episode 2 Credited as Wina Msamati
2005	Ultimate Force	Blessed	Episode: "Never Go Back"
2006	Spooks	Manu Buffong	Series 5, episode 4 Uncredited
2008–2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	JLB Matekoni	Seven episodes
2009	10 Minute Tales	Flirty Orderly
2010	Doctor Who	Guido	Episode: "The Vampires of Venice"
2010	Ashes to Ashes	Tobias Ndbele	Series 3, Episode 7
2012	The Hollow Crown	Bishop of Carlisle	Episode: Richard II
2013	Death in Paradise	Dr Johnson	Episode: "Murder on the Plantation"
2013	Doctors	Joseph Segunle	Episode: "Thicker Than Water"
2013	Holby City	Dumisani Themba	Episode: "Ask Me No Questions"
2013	Luther	Ken Barnaby	Two episodes
2012–2014	Game of Thrones	Salladhor Saan	Three episodes
2015	Inspector George Gently	Ellison	Episode: "Son of a Gun"
2015	Urban Myths	Herbert Muhammed	Episode: "The Greatest. Of All Time."
2017	Taboo	George Chichester
2017	Electric Dreams	The Director	Episode: "Crazy Diamond"
2018	Kiri	Tobi Akindele	Miniseries
2018	Black Earth Rising	David Runihura
2019	His Dark Materials	John Faa	TV series
2020	Gangs of London	Ed Dumani	TV series
2020	Talking Heads	Wilfred Paterson	Episode: "Playing Sandwiches"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Legend of the Sky Kingdom	Italiano (voice)	Credited as Wina Msamati
2009	The International	General Charles Motomba
2016	Seekers	Yusuf	Short film
2019	The Good Liar	Beni	N/A
2020	Zog and the Flying Doctors	The Lion (voice)	Short film[21]
2022	See How They Run	Max Mallowan	[22]

References

External links

• Lucian Msamati at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Lucian Msamati

Lucian Msamati (* 5. März 1976 in London als Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati) ist ein britischer Schauspieler mit tansanischen Wurzeln.

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- [en] Lucian Msamati

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[ru] Мсамати, Лусиан

Лу́сиан Мсама́ти (англ. Lucian Msamati; иногда указан как Вии́на Мсамати (англ. Wiina Msamati) — британо-танзанийский актёр кино, телевидения и театра.

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