Chukwudi Iwuji

Chukwudi Iwuji (/ˈtʃʊkʊdi ɪˈwuːdʒi/;[1] born 1975, Nigeria), also known as Chuk Iwuji, is a Nigerian-British actor.

Life

Iwuji was sent by parents to a boarding school in England at the age of 10, after they moved from Nigeria to Ethiopia to work for the United Nations. He then attended Yale University and studied economics, before moving to drama school in Wisconsin. He graduated from the latter in 2000, moving back to the United Kingdom.

Career

Iwuji has mainly worked onstage for the Royal Shakespeare Company (replacing David Oyelowo in the title role of the Henry VI trilogy in the 2006 revival of the This England: The Histories project), the Royal National Theatre (Welcome to Thebes, 2010), the Old Vic (in a 2011 Richard blindspot III[2]) and the Comedy Theatre (in a 2009 production of The Misanthrope), as well as British film, radio and television.

Other credits include the upcoming Othello in Othello in The Public Theater's production at the Delacorte Theater in June 2018. This will be his fifth production with the company, as previously he appeared in Antony and Cleopatra as Enobarbus in 2014, King Lear as Edgar in 2014, Hamlet as Hamlet in 2016, The Low Road as John Blanke in March 2018,[3] and Daniel Isn't Real as Braun in 2019.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2005Hollyoaks
2009ExamBlack
2010A Thousand Tiny WingsJoshua SembekeTV Series
2011Doctor WhoCarl2 episodes
2014Fall to RiseCabbie
2016Madam SecretaryHadi BangoteEpisode: "Desperate Remedies"
2016BlindspotOscar's FriendEpisode: "In the Comet of Us"
2016BarryEphraim
2016National Theatre Live: Hedda GablerLovborg
2017John Wick 2Akoni
2017National Theatre Live: Obsession
2018Bikini MoonAdam
2018QuanticoDante WarickEpisode: "The Heaven's Fall"[4]
2018RosyManager
2018The SplitAlexander Hale
2019Daniel Isn't RealBraun
2019When They See UsColin Moore2 episodes
2019Designated SurvivorDr. Eli Mays8 episodes
2019DynastyLanford IIIEpisode: "Shoot from the Hip"
2020Shine Your EyesIkenna

References
  1. "Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with Chukwudi Iwuji". The Public Theater. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item115751/Gwynne,%20Iwuji%20and%20Jones%20join%20Richard%20III/
  3. "Chukwudi Iwuji". iobdb.com.
  4. "QUANTICO: THE HEAVEN'S FALL (6/15); JOCELYN BATTLES THE ADVERSARY WHO CHANGED HER LIFE FOREVER, ON ABC'S 'QUANTICO,' FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Season 3, Episode 6". June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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