Nyasha Hatendi ("Ñah-shah, nya-sha") (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. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes 2001 Emil and the DetectivesProduction assistant 2006 The Good Shepherd Thomas Lumumba Uncredited 2007 Birds and BeesShort; producer And the Woods Fell Silent Again Mr. Shingles Short 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 The Busker & the Coin Associate producer Magpie IkeShort; also producer 2014 Centurion Resurrection Short; producer 2015 Narcopolis Aldiss 2018 The Front Runner Roy Valentine Replicas Scott2021Swan SongAndre 2023 GeniePete
Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Holby City Craig Miller Episode: "7 Days Later" 2008 Clive Hole Clayton TV movie 2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Doctor Sibenke Episode: "Poison" 2010 Silent Witness Alex Webb 2 episodes: "Run: Part I" and "Run: Part II" Blood and Oil Noel Ijeoma TV movie 2011 Law & Order: UK Jermaine Smart Episode: "Deal" Garrow's Law Hubert Nicholson Series 3, episode 4 Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me Doctor David TV movie 2012 Above Suspicion Daniel Edwards Episode: "Silent Scream: Part 1" 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 PaulTV movie 2018 SquintersDavis 6 episodes Black Earth RisingGodwin Hall2 episodes 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" 2026 Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Dr Cyril Matip Miniseries
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2014 Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Baruti Maphane Voice 2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Jaal Ama Darav
Radio
Year Title Role(s) Director Notes 2008 Paid Servant Hardwick Jessica Dromgoole BBC Radio 4 Dickens Confidential Various Various The Way We Live Right Now Paul Montague Jonquil Panting The Incomparable Witness George Sasha Yevtushenko Shredder Adam Jane Morgan Listen to the Words Derek Jessica Dromgoole Piper Alpha Various Toby Swift BBC Radio 3 The Portrait of a Lady Edward Rosier Tracey Neale BBC Radio 4 I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse Various Sam Hoyle One Chord Wonders: Television's Over Town Clerk Toby Swift The Black Sheep Baruch Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Tobias Smollett - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Various Marc Beeby The Dig Reid Moir Jeremy Mortimer Old Peter's Russian Tales Ivan Jessica Dromgoole 2009 Scoop Paleologue Sally Avens Safety Catch Julius (Oxfam Speaker) Dawn Ellis BBC Radio 4 Statement of Regret Idrissa Alison Hindell The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tea Time for the Traditionally Built Phudi Radiputi Eilidh McCreadie The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Seller of Beds 2010 The Postman of Good Hope Grub Sally Avens The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: An Exceptionally Wicked Lady Joe Bosilong Gaynor Macfarlane The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Canoeing for Ladies Boatman 2011 The Wire Dylan Jonquil Panting BBC Radio 3 Brian Gulliver's Travels Juror Steven Canny The Lost World Maple White Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 The Secret Grief Stowaway Sally Avens BBC Radio 3 Leverage Jamie Sasha Yevtushenko The Flood Bootsey Jessica Dromgoole BBC Radio 3 Samson and Delilah Gary David and Goliath Jase The Mauritius Command Midshipman George Johnson Bruce Young BBC Radio 4 Ten Lessons in Love Young David James Robinson Plantagenet: Series 2 John Hesselrig Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer Hearing Voices David Eoin O'Callaghan BBC Radio 4 Serious Money TK, Nigel Ajibala Emma Harding BBC Radio 3 The Porlock Poisoner Samuel Gondo Dirk Maggs BBC World Service Saint Joan Brother Martin Ladvenu, Gilles De Rais aka Bluebeard Jonquil Panting BBC Radio 4 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just Glimpsed Mr Moeti Gaynor Macfarlane The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Why Is the Sky So Blue? Mr. Kachingwe Marion Nancarrow 2012 Sport and the British Reader Garth Brameld BBC Radio 4 Dickens in London Augustus Minns BBC Radio 4 Sport and the British: Beating Us at Our Own Game Reader Garth Brameld BBC Radio 4 The Strand Archive Reader Gemma Jenkins BBC World Service Crisis Vincent Sara Davies BBC Radio 4 2013 The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Lawyer Gaynor Macfarlane Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart: Of Coke Dealers and Cardioverters Nurse Farhan Nick Walker 2015 The Cactus Flower Tendai Marion Nancarrow BBC World Service 30 Eggs Egg Vendor Gemma McMullan BBC Radio 4
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre(s) 2000 Yonadab King David Bedlam Theatre American Buffalo Bobby Kassandra Private Brutal Edinburgh Festival The Actor's Nightmare David Garrick Bedlam Theatre Dr. Faustus Lucifer 2005 As You Like It Silvius Theatre Royal, Bath Peter Hall Company 2006 The Winter's Tale Mariner Royal Shakespeare Company Pericles Thaliard 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 The Ark The Policeman Arcola Theatre 2013 The Epic Adventure of Nhamo the Manyika Warrior and His Sexy Wife Chipo Specimen Tricycle Theatre 2014 King Charles III Sir Gordon, Nick, Spencer Almeida Theatre Wyndham's Theatre Broadway
Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Work Outcome 2006 AUDELCO Awards Best Ensemble Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross Legged On the Floor
See also
List of African-American actors
References
External links