1. Hakeem Kae-Kazim portrayed Georges Rutaganda in the film Hotel Rwanda and won a SAFTA for his performance in the film Riding with Sugar.
23 Facts About Hakeem Kae-Kazim
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim produced and starred in Man on Ground, for which he received two Africa Movie Academy Award nominations.
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On television, Kae-Kazim is known for his roles in the CBC miniseries Human Cargo, the Starz series Black Sails, and the BBC series Troy: Fall of a City.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim was born in Lagos State to a family from Abeokuta, Ogun State in the southwestern region of Nigeria and relocated to south London when he was a baby.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1987 and was offered a space with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he continued his classical training.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim began living and working in South Africa when he was 25.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim made his feature film debut in Ross Kettle's After the Rain alongside Louise Lombard and Paul Bettany.
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That same year, he starred in the Canadian CBC miniseries Human Cargo, for which Hakeem Kae-Kazim was nominated for a Gemini Award.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim then appeared in the Syfy and BBC miniseries The Triangle.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim joined the cast of the Fox series 24 as Colonel Ike Dubaku for its 2008 tie-in television film 24: Redemption and its 2009 seventh season in 2009.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim starred in the Nigerian films Inale and Last Flight to Abuja, and appeared in Half of a Yellow Sun.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim produced and starred in Man on Ground about Nigerian immigrants to South Africa, earning Kae-Kazim nominations for Best Film and Best Actor at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.
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From 2014 to 2016, Hakeem Kae-Kazim was in the main cast of the Michael Bay-produced Starz series Black Sails for its first three seasons as Mr Scott.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim stated his character was based on Black Caesar, a real life pirate of the time.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim had a recurring role in second season of Dominion on Syfy, played Samson in part one of the 2016 miniseries remake of Roots on the History Channel, and had a role in the action horror film Daylight's End.
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In November 2017, Hakeem Kae-Kazim was cast in the recurring role of Cesil Colby in the CW reboot series Dynasty.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim starred in the 2018 BBC fantasy series Troy: Fall of a City as Zeus, king of the Olympians.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim appeared in the BBC America adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Watch and the Sky One series Intergalactic, as well as the films Black Beauty, The Shuroo Process, and Godzilla vs Kong.
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In 2022, Hakeem Kae-Kazim starred in the Nigerian epic fantasy film Anikulapo and as Majordome the Starz adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim's voice has been featured in a number of well known video games including Final Fantasy XIV, Halo 3 ODST, Halo: Reach, Guild Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Golden Compass and The Saboteur.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim has spoken of voice-over work as being "a lot of fun", and something he enjoys doing.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim is an appointed global ambassador for Africa 2.0, a civil society organisation providing a platform for emerging and established African leaders to drive forward the transformation of Africa.
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Hakeem Kae-Kazim has lived and worked in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Nigeria over the course of his career.