Lucian Msamati

Lucian Wiina Msamati (amezaliwa 5 Machi mwaka 1976) ni mwigizaji Mwingereza. 

Alicheza Salladhor Saan katika mfululizo Game of Thrones na alikuwa mwigizaji wa kwanza Mweusi kucheza Iago katika tamasha Othello ya Royal Shakespeare Company kwenye mwaka 2015.

Maisha ya awali na Elimu
Msamati alizaliwa Uingereza na wazazi Watanzania, baba daktari na mama muuguzi, akiwa mkubwa kati ya ndugu zake wanne. Alilelewa Zimbabwe. Elimu yake ya msingi ilianza katika shule ya msingi Olympio Primary School iliyopo Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, na kuendelea katika shule ya Avondale Primary School iliyopo Harare, Zimbabwe. 

Baada ya shule ya sekondari ya Prince Edward School iliyopo Harare, alisoma shahada ya kwanza katika lugha za Kifaransa na Kireno katika Chuo Kikuu Zimbabwe kuanzia mwaka 1995 hadi 1997.

Kazi
Ukumbi wa michezo
Baada ya chuo alifanya kazi kama mtangazaji wa matangazo copywriter na mtangazaji wa redio wa kujitegemea. Pia alifanya kazi kama msanii wa kujitegemea kwenye matamasha pia mzungumzaji wa usiku kwenye chakula cha usiku.

Mnamo mwaka 1994, Msamati na marafiki zake wa shule Shaheen Jassat (amefariki), Craig and Gavin Peter, Kevin Hanssen, Roy Chizivano, Sarah Norman waliunda ukumbi wa mchezo uliosifika sana Zimbabwe Over the Edge Theatre Company.

Huko Harare, baadaye aliungana na Erica Glyn-Jones, Zane E. Lucas, Chipo Chung, Karin Alexander, Rob Hollands na Michael Pearce. 

Mnamo mwaka 2010, Msamati alichaguliwa kuwa mkurugenzi wa kisanii wa nyumba ya michezo ya British-African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi, until being succeeded in 2014 by Natalie Ibu.
Aliendelea kufanya kazi na Tiata Fahodzi, akiongoza Boi Boi is Dead mnamo 2015.

Masika ya mwaka 2015, Msamati alikuwa mwigizaji wa kwanza mweusi kuwahi kucheza Iago in a Royal Shakespeare Company iliyotolewa na Othello (with Hugh Quarshie kwenye uhusika wa kichwa).Shenton, Mark (12 February 2016), "Lucian Msamati: ‘Some people still see the colour, not the actor’". The Stage. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

Kuanzia  Oktoba 2016 hadi Machi 2017 na kuanzia  Februari hadi 24 Aprili 2018, alitoa onyesho katika uhusika ukuu katika Antonio Salieri kwenye mchezo wa Peter Shaffer Amadeus katika National Theatre, onyesho ambaloMichael Billington, kwenye uhusika wa nne walio shiriki The Guardian, aliitaja kama "nzuri sana".

Mwaka 2019 alikuwa nyota kama Sam kwenye Master Harold and the Boys kwenye Royal National Theatre.

Msamati ametokea katika maonyesho mengi ya nyumba za michezo ya London, UK, zikiwemo:

Fabulation (play)|Fabulation, Tricycle Theatre
Gem of the Ocean, Tricycle Theatre
I.D. (play)|I.D., Almeida Theatre
Mourning Becomes Electra, Royal National Theatre
The Overwhelming, Royal National Theatre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre, played the title role, Royal Shakespeare Company
President of an Empty Room, Royal National Theatre
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Lyric Hammersmith
Walk Hard, Tricycle Theatre
Death and the King's Horseman, Royal National Theatre
Ruined, Almeida Theatre
Clybourne Park, Royal Court Theatre

Runinga
Pia ametokea katika maonyesho ya runinga, ikiwemo vipindi vya sehemu vya runingaUltimate Force and Spooks. Mnamo mwaka 2008, alichukua uhusika muhimu, wakucheza JLB Matekoni kwenye BBC/HBO-produced series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Pia aliongoza vipindi vya BBC Luther, Ashes to Ashes, Doctor Who, Taboo, and Death in Paradise, as well as playing the part of the pirate Salladhor Saan in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Hivi karibuni ametokea kama Lord Faa kwenye His Dark Materials katika BBC One. Mnamo 2020 Msamati alitokea kama Ed Dumani kwenyeSky Atlantic’s Gangs of London na kwenye kipindi cha BBC cha Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.

Filamu
Msamati ametokea katika filamu ya The International (2009). Filamu zingine ni Lumumba (1999), directed by Raoul Peck; the animated feature The Legend of the Sky Kingdom (2003), directed by Roger Hawkins and Richard II, directed by Rupert Goold.

Radio
Msamati ametokea kama Matthew kwenye BBC Radio 4 drama Burned to Nothing (2011) by Rex Obano.

Maisha binafsi
Msamati alihama kabisa kuelekea UK mwaka 2003 na kuishi London hadi sasa.

Kazi za sanaa
Runinga
 Year Title Role Notes 1997  The Knock  Doctor  Series 3, Episode 2Credited as Wina Msamati 2005  Ultimate Force  Blessed  Episode: "Never Go Back" 2006  Spooks  Manu Buffong  Series 5, episode 4Uncredited 2008–2009  The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency  JLB Matekoni  Seven episodes 2009  10 Minute Tales  Flirty Orderly  2010  Doctor Who  Guido  Episode: "The Vampires of Venice" 2010  Ashes to Ashes  Tobias Ndbele  Series 3, Episode 7 2012  The Hollow Crown  Bishop of Carlisle  Episode: Richard II 2013  Death in Paradise  Dr Johnson  Episode: "Murder on the Plantation" 2013  Doctors  Joseph Segunle  Episode: "Thicker Than Water" 2013  Holby City  Dumisani Themba  Episode: "Ask Me No Questions" 2013  Luther  Ken Barnaby  Two episodes 2012–2014  Game of Thrones  Salladhor Saan  Three episodes 2015  Inspector George Gently  Ellison  Episode: "Son of a Gun" 2015  Urban Myths  Herbert Muhammed  Episode: "The Greatest. Of All Time." 2017  Taboo  George Chichester  2017  Electric Dreams  The Director  Episode: "Crazy Diamond" 2018  Kiri  Tobi Akindele  Miniseries 2018  Black Earth Rising  David Runihura  2019  His Dark Materials  John Faa  TV series 2020  Gangs of London  Ed Dumani  TV series 2020  Talking Heads  Wilfred Paterson  Episode: "Playing Sandwiches"

Film
 Year Title Role Notes 2003  The Legend of the Sky Kingdom  Italiano (voice) Credited as Wina Msamati 2009  The International  General Charles Motomba   2016  Seekers  Yusuf  Short film 2019  The Good Liar  Beni  N/A 2020  Zog and the Flying Doctors  The Lion (voice)  Short film

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