Lucian Msamati

Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor, writer, director and producer in theatre, film, television and radio. His screen credits include the roles of Salladhor Saan in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', J.L.B. Matekoni in the BBC/HBO adaptation of ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'', David Runihura in the Netflix/BBC thriller '' Black Earth Rising'' and Ed Dumani in the Sky/AMC series ''Gangs of London''.

Msamati's theatre credits include being the first black actor to play Iago in the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed 2015 production of ''Othello'', Toledo in the National Theatre's Olivier award-winning revival of August Wilson's '' Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' in 2016, Antonio Salieri in the National Theatre's Olivier-award winning revival of '' Amadeus'' 2017–2018, Arturo Ui in Brecht's ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2008 and Kevin/Albert in the multi-award winning '' Clybourne Park'' by Bruce Norris at the Royal Court Theatre and The Wyndhams Theatre in the West End 2010–2011.

Msamati is a patron of Lewisham Youth Theatre, WildChild and The Actor's Children's Trust (ACT) and currently serves on the board of trustees at the Donmar Warehouse. Provided by Wikipedia