1. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin, who were students in the UK.
12 Facts About Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje went on to earn his Bachelor's from the University of London at large and subsequently a Master's in Law from King's College London.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's best-known acting roles have been as the imposing convict Simon Adebisi in the 1990s HBO prison series Oz and as Mr Eko on ABC's survivor drama Lost.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was featured in the video for singer-songwriter Grayson Hugh's hit "Talk It Over", which was in heavy rotation in 1989 on MTV and VH-1.
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In 2009, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was in talks with Marvel Studios to play the superhero Black Panther in a proposed film of the same name.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje guest starred in the second episode of season 8 of Monk, and played Derek Jameson in the 2011 film The Thing.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje portrayed Kurse in the Marvel Studios film Thor: The Dark World.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje portrayed the character Malko in the fifth season of Game of Thrones.
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In 2012, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje stated that he had been developing a film about his life story, which he planned to direct.
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In 2021, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje narrated an immersive audiovisual tour for the Roman Colosseum written by Simon Scarrow for the BARDEUM mobile app.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist association.
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje asked to be written off Lost, citing a desire to return to London after his foster parents' deaths and to direct a film there.