1. James Olatokunbo Akingbola was born on 7 April 1978 and is a Nigerian-British television, theatre and film actor.
16 Facts About Jimmy Akingbola
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Jimmy Akingbola rose to fame playing PC Neil Parker in Holby Blue, and subsequently Antoine Malick in its parent series Holby City.
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Jimmy Akingbola was born in London to parents of the Yoruba tribe who had emigrated from Nigeria.
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In 1996, Jimmy Akingbola started at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Wandsworth, London.
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Jimmy Akingbola started his career on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in The Nativity for Bill Alexander.
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Jimmy Akingbola continued in a production of Baby Doll at the Royal National Theatre.
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Jimmy Akingbola played Elvis in the poignant play Behzti at the Birmingham Rep in December 2004.
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Jimmy Akingbola worked with rapper and actor Riz Ahmed in the hit play Prayer Room.
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Jimmy Akingbola acted in the production of Roxanne Silbert's play People Next Door, in which he gave a memorable performance alongside actor Fraser Ayres' character as his best friend Marco.
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Jimmy Akingbola played opposite Roger Lloyd-Pack and Shaun Evans in Joe Penhall's award-winning play, which was directed by Kathy Burke.
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Jimmy Akingbola secured his first permanent major television role appearing in BBC's police drama series HolbyBlue, starring alongside Kacey Ainsworth and Tim Pigott-Smith, as PC Neil Parker alongside his on screen colleague PC Kelly Cooper, played by Chloe Howman.
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Jimmy Akingbola returned to show his comedy talent in 2010, starring in the BBC2 hit series Rev where he played the popular character "Mick", alongside Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman.
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Jimmy Akingbola played the roles of Malick in Holby City and PC Johnson in Silk, both on BBC One in 2011.
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In 2014, Jimmy Akingbola played blind geography teacher Dr Dalton in episode 2 of the second series of BBC One sitcom Big School.
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In 2015, Jimmy Akingbola plays Baron Reiter in Arrow season 4.
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Jimmy Akingbola is the voice in several popular computer games for electronics game brands including EA, Disney, PlayStation and Funcom.