Charles Mnene

{{short description|British film, television and stage actor}}

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Charles Mnene (born 11 December 1985) is a British film, television and stage actor.

Mnene's television appearances include guest roles in The Bill, Holby City, Doctors and the drama Ahead of the Class, with Julie Walters,{{cite web|url = http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/803308?view=cast |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110111063952/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/803308?view=cast |url-status = dead |archive-date = 11 January 2011 |title = AHEAD OF THE CLASS (2005) |accessdate = 17 August 2010}} plus several films and stage productions.{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shootthemessenger/ |title = BBC – Drama – Shoot The Messenger. |accessdate = 17 August 2010}}

His first screen experience was in Thomas Clay's The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael,{{Cite web |url=http://www.semainedelacritique.com/sites/article.php3?id_article=140 |title=Critic's Week official listing |access-date=17 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615183516/http://www.semainedelacritique.com/sites/article.php3?id_article=140 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} which caused a stir at Cannes International Film Festival in 2005.{{cite web|url = http://www.screendaily.com/charles-mnene/4039780.article |title = Charles mnene |accessdate = 17 August 2010}}{{cite web|url = http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/805998?view=event |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090121101732/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/805998?view=event |url-status = dead |archive-date = 21 January 2009 |title = BFI official listing |accessdate = 17 August 2010}} He also landed the role of Demetrios in Martha Fiennes' feature film Chromophobia.{{cite web|url = https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808680278/cast |title = Chromophobia (2005) – Cast and Credits – Yahoo! Movies. |accessdate = 17 August 2010}}{{cite web |url = http://people.theiapolis.com/actor-5SXN/charles-mnene/ |title = Charles Mnene – Biography, Photo Gallery, Latest News, Message board |accessdate = 17 August 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120718014610/http://people.theiapolis.com/actor-5SXN/charles-mnene/ |archivedate = 18 July 2012 }} In 2006, Mnene stirred more controversy in the BAFTA award-winning drama Shoot the Messenger, alongside David Oyelowo and in 2008's Fallout, written by Roy Williams, in which he plays a gang leader who murders one of his classmates.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/D/disarming_britain/fallout.html |title=Channel 4 – Disarming Britain |accessdate=1 August 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715155511/http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/D/disarming_britain/fallout.html |archivedate=15 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

He has continued to appear in films, stage and television work, including Richard Jobson's New Town Killers, and in writer-director Paul Wilkins' 7 Lives.