Chinaza Uche

{{Infobox person

| name = Chinaza Uche

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|9|20}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland.

| occupation = Actor

|education = New York University Tisch School of the Arts

| television = Dickinson

}}

Chinaza Uche is a Scottish-born actor based in the United States. He is known for his series regular role in the Apple TV series Dickinson and Silo. He was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor in a Film for his performance in the film A Good Person (2023).{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=BAFTA Scotland Awards 2023: Full List of Nominations |url=https://www.bafta.org/bafta-scotland-awards-2023-full-nominations-list |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.bafta.org |language=en}}

Early life

Born in Edinburgh with Nigerian heritage,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/11/23/nigerian-prince-closes-afriff|website=Thisdaylive.com|date=November 23, 2018|title=Nigerian Prince Closes AFRIFF|first=Vanessa|last=Obioha|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306172917/https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/11/23/nigerian-prince-closes-afriff/|url-status=live}} Uche attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fluxtheatre.org/about/creative-partners/chinaza-uche|title=Chinaza Uche|website=fluxtheatre.org|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306171146/https://www.fluxtheatre.org/about/creative-partners/chinaza-uche/|url-status=live}}

Career

In 2018 he appeared in the lead role of Pius in the film Nigerian Prince which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/nigerian-prince-2018|title=NIGERIAN PRINCE|website=tribecafilm|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306173849/https://tribecafilm.com/films/nigerian-prince-2018|url-status=live}} and closed the Africa International Film Festival in Lagos in November 2018.

Uche has many off-broadway credits including at the Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Classic Stage Company, and the National Black Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chinaza-Uche/#bio|title=Chinaza Uche|website=Broadway World|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306171643/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chinaza-Uche/#bio|url-status=live}}

Uche appeared as a series-regular role as Henry opposite Hailee Steinfeld in Apple TV+ comedy series Dickinson. He also had roles in television series such as Fear the Walking Dead, Little America, and The Blacklist. In October 2021 he was announced to be joining the Zach Braff project A Good Person alongside Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/a-good-person-chinaza-uche-joins-zach-braff-mgm-drama-1234864569|title=Chinaza Uche Joins Zach Braff's MGM Drama 'A Good Person'|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=October 28, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2023|website=Deadline|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218081724/https://deadline.com/2021/10/a-good-person-chinaza-uche-joins-zach-braff-mgm-drama-1234864569/|url-status=dead}} In November 2021 he joined the cast of Apple TV+ thriller series Silo (originally with the working title Wool).{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/wool-harriet-walter-avi-nash-chinaza-uche-join-apple-original-1234865291|title='Wool': Harriet Walter, Avi Nash & Chinaza Uche Join Apple's Dystopian Drama As Series Regulars|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=November 1, 2021|website=Deadline|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306042800/https://deadline.com/2021/11/wool-harriet-walter-avi-nash-chinaza-uche-join-apple-original-1234865291/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/silo-trailer-rebecca-ferguson-david-oyelowo|title='Silo' Trailer Shows Rebecca Ferguson and David Oyelowo in a Mystery Underground Facility|website=Collider|first=RYAN|last=O'ROURKE|date=March 6, 2023|access-date=March 6, 2023|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306175403/https://collider.com/silo-trailer-rebecca-ferguson-david-oyelowo/|url-status=live}}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" \|Notes
2012 \|Blue Bloods \|Pete \|1 episode
2013 \|Deception \|Calvin \|1 episode
2013 \|Mother of George \|Frank \|Film
2013-2014 \|Producing Juliet \|Aarons \|4 episodes
2015 \|Working On It \|Eddie \|2 episodes
2018 \|Nigerian Prince \|Pius \|Film
2019-2021 \|Dickinson \|Henry \|23 episodes
2019 \|The Blacklist \|Tom Hardekopf \|1 episode
2020 \|Little America \|Chioke \|1 episode
2021 \|Fear The Walking Dead \|Derek \|1 episode
2021 \|The Devil Below \|Shawn \|Film
2023 \|How to Rob \|Sean Price \|Film
2023 \|A Good Person \|Nathan \|Film
2023-present \|Silo \|Paul Billings \|Series
2024 \|Law & Order \|Kenneth Cartwright \|1 episode

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Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" |Notes

2012

|Blue Bloods

|Pete

|1 episode

2013

|Deception

|Calvin