Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie (born 28 May 1979) is a British actor who has worked on stage, film, and television. He is best known for his role as Tank in RocknRolla, Sergeant Dap in Ender's Game, Abraham Kenyatta in Zoo, Captain of the Guards in Cinderella and Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO television series Game of Thrones.
==Early life==
Anozie was born in London, England, of Igbo Nigerian descent. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002, and in the summer of the same year he played the title role in William Shakespeare's King Lear, and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in Othello.
==Career==
Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Anozie was replaced by Ian McKellen two months before the film was set to be released. The film's director, Chris Weitz, told Empire: "It was a studio decision ... You can understand why you would cast Ian McKellen for anything. But letting go of Nonso was one of the most painful experiences on this movie for me. I need to say about Nonso that he is one of the most promising and soulful young actors I have encountered in England and I've worked here for quite a bit now and he's actually in the next Mike Leigh [film] ... But it was, uh, that was kind of a dark day for me. I kinda wanna go out of my way to point out how much I love Nonso's work. And that's that."
Anozie played small roles as Think Tank in Guy Ritchie's film RocknRolla and Frank Mace in Joe Wright's Atonement. He played the lead in Cass a 2008 British crime drama film recreating the life of Cass Pennant. In 2009, he appeared in the supporting cast of the BBC TV three-part 2003 Iraq War drama, Occupation, where he played a US Marine turned private military contractor. In 2011, he played Artus, a Zamoran pirate and close friend of Conan, in Conan the Barbarian. That year, he was also cast to play the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones and was cast as Jackson Burke in The Grey. He also plays the role of Samson in the History Channel's television miniseries The Bible. In 2013, Anozie appeared in the film Ender's Game as Sergeant Dap, and from 2013 to 2014 he played the role of Renfield on the NBC series Dracula.
In November 2014, Anozie was cast in the CBS summer drama Zoo, based on the novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Zoo premiered on 30 June 2015.
Anozie's radio work includes the role of Joe in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.
==Filmography==
===Films===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2007	The Last Legion 	Batiatus 	
2007	Atonement 	Frank Mace 	
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky 	Ezra 	
2008	Cass 	Cass Pennant 	
2008	RocknRolla 	Tank 	
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Sergeant Jeffreys 	
2010	Brighton Rock 	Dallow 	
2010	I Am Slave 	 	
2011	Conan the Barbarian 	Artus 	
2011	The Grey 	Jackson Burke 	
2013	Ender's Game 	Sergeant Dap 	
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 	Embee Deng 	
2014	Get Santa 	Knuckles 	
2015	Cinderella 	Captain of the Guards	
2015	Pan 	Bishop 	
2018	7 Days in Entebbe 	Idi Amin 	
2019	Guava Island 	Red Cargo 	
2019	Artemis Fowl 	Domovoi Butler 	Post-production
TBA 	The Laundromat 	Charles 	Post-production
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2007 	Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act	Robert 	Episode: "Part 1"
2009 	Occupation 	Erik Lester 	3 episodes
2011 	Outcasts 	Elijah 	1 episode
2011 	Stolen 	Thomas Ekoku 	TV movie
2012 	Game of Thrones 	Xaro Xhoan Daxos	5 episodes
2013 	The Bible 	Samson 	Episode: "Homeland"
2013 	Playhouse Presents 	Chris 	Episode: "The Pavement Psychologist"
2013–14	Dracula 	R.M. Renfield 	Main cast; 10 episodes
2015–17	Zoo 	Abraham Kenyatta	Main cast
2015 	Tut 	General Horemheb	Main cast; 3 episodes
2015 	Doctor Who 	Hydroflax 	Episode: "The Husbands of River Song"
2016 	A Midsummer Night's Dream 	Oberon 	TV movie
===Video Games===
Year	Title 	Role
2007	The Golden Compass	Ionek
2011	Brink 	Captain Clinton Mokoena
2013	Remember Me 	
2015	Dirty Bomb 	Rhino, Sawbonez
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