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Nyasha Hatendi

{{short description|Zimbabwean-American actor (b. 1981)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

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| nationality = American

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| citizenship = British - American

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| alma_mater = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

| occupation = {{hlist| Actor | producer}}

| years_active = 1999–present

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Nyasha Hatendi{{pronunciation needed}} (born 14 September 1981) is a Zimbabwean-British-American actor, director, writer and producer.

Early life and education

Hatendi was born on 14 September 1981 in Washington, D.C. Hatendi grew up in three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812840/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |title= Nyasha Hatendi – Biography – IMDb |website= IMDb |publisher= |access-date= 3 July 2016}} before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

Filmography

= Films =

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2001

| Emil and the Detectives

|

|Production assistant

| {{cite web |url= https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm1812840/?ref_=sch_int |title=Nyasha Hatendi - IMDbPro |website= IMDbPro |publisher= IMDb |access-date= 6 July 2016 |url-access=subscription }}

2006

| The Good Shepherd

| Thomas Lumumba

| Uncredited

|

2007

| Birds and Bees

|

|Short; producer

|

2007

| And the Woods Fell Silent Again

| Mr. Shingles

| Short

|

2007

| The Three Dumas

| Narrator, Christophe

|

|

2008

| Love Is Rare

|

| Short; producer

|

2010

| The Ghost Writer

| Josh

|

|

2012

| The Comedian

| Actor

|

|

2013

| To Leech

| Stewart

| Short

|

2013

| The Busker & the Coin

|

| Associate producer

|

2013

| Magpie

| Ike

|Short; also producer

|

2014

| Centurion Resurrection

|

| Short; producer

|

2015

| Narcopolis

| Aldiss

|

|

2018

| The Front Runner

| Roy Valentine

|

|

2018

| Replicas

| Scott

|

|

2021

|Swan Song

|Andre

|

|

2023

| Genie

|Pete

|

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2005

| Holby City

| Craig Miller

| Episode: "7 Days Later"

| {{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/people/nyasha-hatendi/

|title= Nyasha Hatendi - TV.com |website= TV.com |publisher= CBS Interactive |access-date= 6 July 2016}}

2008

| Clive Hole

| Clayton

| TV movie

|

2009

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

| Doctor Sibenke

| Episode: "Poison"

| {{cite web |title= Nyasha Hatendi - The British Blacklist |url= http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/thebritishblacklist/nyasha-hatendi/#2 |website= The British Blacklist |accessdate= 6 July 2016}}

2010

| Silent Witness

| Alex Webb

| 2 episodes: "Run: Part I" and "Run: Part II"

|

2010

| Blood and Oil

| Noel Ijeoma

| TV movie

|

2011

| Law & Order: UK

| Jermaine Smart

| Episode: "Deal"

|

2011

| Garrow's Law

| Hubert Nicholson

| Series 3, episode 4

|

2011

| Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

| Doctor David

| TV movie

|

2012

| Above Suspicion

| Daniel Edwards

| Episode: "Silent Scream: Part 1"

|

2012

| Strike Back

| Christian Lucas

| Episode: "Strike Back: Vengeance"

|

2014

| W1A

| Reporter

| Series 1, episode 2

|

2015–2018

| Casual

| Leon

| Main role

|

2017

| King Charles III

| Paul

|TV movie

|

2018

| Squinters

|Davis

|6 episodes

|

2018

| Black Earth Rising

|Godwin Hall

|2 episodes

|

2018

| Into the Dark

| Wilson Clowes

| Episode: "Pooka!"

|

2020

| SpongeBob SquarePants

| Hieronymus Glove (voice)

| Episode: "Escape from Beneath Glove World"

|

2020–2024

| Alex Rider

| Smithers

| Main role

|

2021

| Made for Love

| Keegan James

| Episode: "I Want This Thing Out of My Head"

|

2023

| Hunters

| Oliver Frankel

| Episode: "The Trial of Adolf Hitler"

|

TBA

| The Seven Dials Mystery

| Dr. Cyril Matip

| Filming

|

= Video games =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2014

| Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey

| Baruti Maphane

| Voice

|

2017

| Mass Effect: Andromeda

| Jaal Ama Darav

| Voice

|

= Radio =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role(s)

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

2008

| Paid Servant

| Hardwick

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/thebritishblacklist/nyasha-hatendi/#4 |title= Nyasha Hatendi - The British Blacklist |website= The British Blacklist |access-date= 10 July 2016}}

2008

| Dickens Confidential

| Various

| Various

| BBC Radio 4

|

2008

| The Way We Live Right Now

| Paul Montague

| Jonquil Panting

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c0rsl |title= BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Way we Live Right Now, Episode 1|website= BBC |access-date=17 July 2016}}

2008

| The Incomparable Witness

| George

| Sasha Yevtushenko

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bzdgb |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Nichola McAuliffe - The Incomparable Witness |website= BBC |access-date=30 July 2016}}

2008

| Shredder

| Adam

| Jane Morgan

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bvp3b |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Shredder |website= BBC |access-date=17 July 2016}}

2008

| Listen to the Words

| Derek

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c197q |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Listen to the Words |website= BBC |access-date=17 July 2016}}

2008

| Piper Alpha

| Various

| Toby Swift

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cdbpc |title= BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Piper Alpha |website= BBC |access-date=17 July 2016}}

2008

| The Portrait of a Lady

| Edward Rosier

| Tracey Neale

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Portrait of a Lady, Deceit |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cly4q |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2008

| I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse

| Various

| Sam Hoyle

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cj8db |title=BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2008

| One Chord Wonders: Television's Over

| Town Clerk

| Toby Swift

|

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ctlqf |title=BBC Radio 4 - Friday Drama, One Chord Wonders, Television's Over |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2008

| The Black Sheep

| Baruch

| Bruce Young

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Honoré de Balzac - The Black Sheep, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00czqt0 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2008

| Tobias Smollett - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

| Various

| Marc Beeby

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Tobias Smollett - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d8h6p |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2008

| The Dig

| Reid Moir

| Jeremy Mortimer

| BBC Radio 4

|

2008

| Old Peter's Russian Tales

| Ivan

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Old Peter's Russian Tales, Salt |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g2gqn |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2009

| Scoop

| Paleologue

| Sally Avens

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Scoop, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hhflv |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2009

| Safety Catch

| Julius (Oxfam Speaker)

| Dawn Ellis

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= Safety Catch Series 2, Episode 3 : If A Job's Not Worth Doing - British Comedy Guide |url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/safety_catch/episodes/2/3/ |website= British Comedy Guide |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2009

| Statement of Regret

| Idrissa

| Alison Hindell

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Statement of Regret |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ln09n |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2009

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

| Phudi Radiputi

| Eilidh McCreadie

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p93sy |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2009

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Seller of Beds

| Phudi Radiputi

| Eilidh McCreadie

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Seller of Beds |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p94r2 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2010

| The Postman of Good Hope

| Grub

| Sally Avens

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pwp20 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2010

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: An Exceptionally Wicked Lady

| Joe Bosilong

| Gaynor Macfarlane

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, An Exceptionally Wicked Lady |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w7cwy |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2010

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Canoeing for Ladies

| Boatman

| Gaynor Macfarlane

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Canoeing for Ladies |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w7f87 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| The Wire

| Dylan

| Jonquil Panting

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - The Wire, The Wall |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yy8x3 |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| Brian Gulliver's Travels

| Juror

| Steven Canny

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 Extra - Brian Gulliver's Travels, Series 1, Gelbetia |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yqhrk |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| The Lost World

| Maple White

| Marilyn Imrie

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World, A Bridge to the Unknown |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zl943 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| The Secret Grief

| Stowaway

| Sally Avens

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Secret Grief |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zlhrz |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| Leverage

| Jamie

| Sasha Yevtushenko

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Friday Drama, Leverage |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l0j9f |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| The Flood

| Bootsey

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Mystery Plays, The Flood, by Lin Coghlan |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tv9 |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| Samson and Delilah

| Gary

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Mystery Plays, Samson and Delilah, by Katie Hims |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106vtp |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| David and Goliath

| Jase

| Jessica Dromgoole

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Mystery Plays, David and Goliath, by Roy Williams |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106w1v|website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| The Mauritius Command

| Midshipman George Johnson

| Bruce Young

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Patrick O'Brian - The Mauritius Command, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zzpl5 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| Ten Lessons in Love

| Young David

| James Robinson

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Ten Lessons in Love |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010m2fg |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| Plantagenet: Series 2

| John Hesselrig

| Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Plantagenet: Series 2, Edward I - Old Soldiers |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011j3kf |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| Hearing Voices

| David

| Eoin O'Callaghan

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Jimmy McAleavey - Hearing Voices |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011p7t0 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| Serious Money

| TK, Nigel Ajibala

| Emma Harding

| BBC Radio 3

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011ty39 |title= BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Serious Money |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| The Porlock Poisoner

| Samuel Gondo

| Dirk Maggs

| BBC World Service

| {{cite web |url= https://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,29667 |title= BBC World Drama - The Porlock Poisoner |date= 13 August 2011 |website= The Beebotron |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2011

| Saint Joan

| Brother Martin Ladvenu, Gilles De Rais aka Bluebeard

| Jonquil Panting

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n063 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just Glimpsed

| Mr Moeti

| Gaynor Macfarlane

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, A Late Van Just Glimpsed |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ljhy |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| The Saturday Big Tent Wedding

| Mr Moeti

| Gaynor Macfarlane

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Saturday Big Tent Wedding |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lkgj |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2011

| Why Is the Sky So Blue?

| Mr. Kachingwe

| Marion Nancarrow

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC World Service - BBC World Drama, Why Is The Sky So Blue? |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lt5n7 |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2012

| Sport and the British

| Reader

| Garth Brameld

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Sport and the British, The Formal Empire |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bm0pf |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2012

| Dickens in London

| Augustus Minns

| BBC Radio 4

|

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 Extra - 15 Minute Drama, Dickens in London, Boz |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bllx7 |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2012

| Sport and the British: Beating Us at Our Own Game

| Reader

| Garth Brameld

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Sport and the British, Beating Us at Our Own Game |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cks4m |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2012

| The Strand Archive

| Reader

| Gemma Jenkins

| BBC World Service

| {{cite web |title= BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 12/03/2012 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pbgrk |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2012

| Crisis

| Vincent

| Sara Davies

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Crisis, Episode 1 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m0kjb |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2013

| The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

| Lawyer

| Gaynor Macfarlane

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r9sl1 |website= BBC |access-date= 17 July 2016}}

2013

| Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart: Of Coke Dealers and Cardioverters

| Nurse Farhan

| Nick Walker

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |title= BBC Radio 4 - Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart, Of Coke Dealers and Cardioverters |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037525c |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

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| 2015

| The Cactus Flower

| Tendai

| Marion Nancarrow

| BBC World Service

| {{cite web |title= BBC World Service - BBC World Drama, The Cactus Flowers |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ngjvg |website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

2015

| 30 Eggs

| Egg Vendor

| Gemma McMullan

| BBC Radio 4

| {{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06fkd1s |title= BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, 30 Eggs, Episode 1|website= BBC |access-date= 30 July 2016}}

Theatre

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Theatre(s)

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2000

| Yonadab

| King David

| Bedlam Theatre

| {{cite web |url= http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/thebritishblacklist/nyasha-hatendi/#4 |title= Nyasha Hatendi - The British Blacklist |website= The British Blacklist |access-date= 6 July 2016}}

2000

| American Buffalo

| Bobby

| Bedlam Theatre

|

2000

| Kassandra

| Private Brutal

| Edinburgh Festival

|

2000

| The Actor's Nightmare

| David Garrick

| Bedlam Theatre

|

2000

| Dr. Faustus

| Lucifer

| Bedlam Theatre

|

2005

| As You Like It

| Silvius

| Theatre Royal, Bath
Peter Hall Company

|

2006

| The Winter's Tale

| Mariner

| Royal Shakespeare Company

|

2006

| Pericles

| Thaliard

| Royal Shakespeare Company

|

2006

| Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross Legged on the Floor

| Dog

| New Federal Theatre

|

2007

| The Brothers Size

| Ogun

| ATC
Young Vic

|

2008

| The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

| Givola

| Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)

|

2010

| 11 and 12

| Mokthar

| Theatre Bouffe Du Nord

|

2010

| The Ark

| The Policeman

| Arcola Theatre

|

2013

| The Epic Adventure of Nhamo the Manyika Warrior and His Sexy Wife Chipo

| Specimen

| Tricycle Theatre

| {{cite news |last= Feay |first= Suzi |date= 6 August 2013 |title= The Epic Adventure of Nhamo the Manyika Warrior and his Sexy Wife Chipo, Tricycle Theatre, London – review — FT.com |url= https://next.ft.com/content/83ca2110-fe89-11e2-b9b0-00144feabdc0 |newspaper= Financial Times |publisher= The Financial Times Ltd |access-date= 23 July 2016}}

2014

| King Charles III

| Sir Gordon, Nick, Spencer

| Almeida Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre
Broadway

| {{cite web |url= http://www.playbill.com/person/nyasha-hatendi-vault-0000126919 |title= Nyasha Hatendi - Playbill |website= Playbill |access-date= 6 July 2016}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable Sortable"
Year

! Awards

! Category

! Work

! Outcome

2006

| AUDELCO Awards

| Best Ensemble

| Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross Legged On the Floor

| {{won}}

See also

{{Portal bar|Film|Radio|Television|United Kingdom|United States|Theatre}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|nm1812840}}
  • {{IBDB name|503119}}
  • {{Rotten Tomatoes person|nyasha_hatendi}}

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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Washington, D.C.

Category:Alumni of Peterhouse Boys' School

Category:People educated at Eton College

Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Category:21st-century American male actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male voice actors

Category:American male radio actors

Category:Film producers from Washington, D.C.

Category:American writers of Zimbabwean descent

Category:Shona people

Category:21st-century African-American male actors

Category:20th-century African-American male actors

Category:20th-century American male actors