Nonso Anozie
Nonso Anozie (; born 17 November 1978) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Tank in "RocknRolla", Sergeant Dap in "Ender's Game", Abraham Kenyatta in "Zoo", Captain of the Guards in "Cinderella", Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO television series "Game of Thrones" and Tommy Jepperd in the television series "Sweet Tooth". Early life. Anozie was born on 17 November 1978 in London, England, of Nigerian Igbo descent. Anozie attended St Aloysius College, Highgate in Highgate, London. 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". In 2019, Anozie portrayed the antagonist, Cargo, in the Amazon Prime Video film "Guava Island", starring Donald Glover and Rihanna.