Ariyon Bakare has appeared in the BBC One soap opera Doctors as Ben Kwarme, the Amazon Prime television series Good Omens and Carnival Row, and the BBC One and HBO series His Dark Materials.
15 Facts About Ariyon Bakare
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Ariyon Bakare was born around 1971, of a Nigerian father.
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Six months after returning home and reconciling with his father, at the age of 17, Ariyon Bakare moved from London to New York to pursue dance as a career.
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Ariyon Bakare trained as dancer at various conservatories, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Ariyon Bakare moved back to London at the age of 20, and began studying acting at Drama Centre London.
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Ariyon Bakare stated that while performing with the RSC, he worked on jobs in Scotland, as well as learning scriptwriting and singing soul and opera music.
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From 2001 to 2005, Ariyon Bakare portrayed the role of Ben Kwarme in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
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Ariyon Bakare then co-wrote and starred in the Channel drama Stealing Lives.
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Ariyon Bakare appeared in Dancing on the Edge, first broadcast in 2013, as Wesley Holt, a band manager.
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Ariyon Bakare later appeared in Doctor Who, in the 2015 episode, "The Woman Who Lived", alongside Maisie Williams.
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Ariyon Bakare played the antagonist of the episode, a lion-like creature called Leandro.
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Ariyon Bakare had a cameo as a Rebel pilot in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Ariyon Bakare played Florindo in Tim Supple's staging of A Servant to Two Masters at the Young Vic theatre.
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Ariyon Bakare starred opposite Janet Suzman in the British premiere of Dream of the Dog, where he played a South African nattily-clad architect, "Look Smart".
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Ariyon Bakare was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for the role of Florindo in A Servant to Two Masters at the Young Vic.