Razaaq Adoti (born 27 June 1973) is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.
Early life Adoti was born in Forest Gate, London, and is of Nigerian descent. He landed his first professional screen role on the British television show, Press Gang, playing a police officer. After a season with the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) winning the Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award with Aesop, A New Opera and playing the lead role of Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Adoti was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he studied for three years and earned a degree in acting.
Career
Actor Adoti was cast as Yamba in Steven Spielberg's feature epic, Amistad alongside Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins and Matthew McConaughey. After completing Amistad, he returned to London where he worked on various television and film projects, including Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1, and Black Hawk Down, directed by Ridley Scott, in which he played the antagonist Yousuf Dahir Mo'alim. Since then, Adoti has starred in numerous productions including Paul W. S. Anderson's Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Haven, Doom (based on the popular video game of the same name) and The Hard Corps. Adoti also starred as Dutch Maas in Bill Duke's 2008 film, Cover.
Producer Adoti, through his Area Boyz production company, wrote the screenplay Sons of the Soil (formerly Area Boyz), which was filmed in England and Nigeria. He also served as host and co-producer of the Fox Soccer Channel television show titled Extra Time, which premiered in summer 2008.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1997Remember Me?Chas1997AmistadYamba2000Gangster No. 1Roland2001Black Hawk DownYousuf Dahir Mo'alim2004Resident Evil: ApocalypseSgt. Peyton Wells2004HavenRichie Rich2005DoomDuke2006The Still LifeRodney2006Second in CommandGunnery Sergeant Earl Darnell2007Love... & Other 4 Letter WordsChef2007CoverDutch Mass2010Barry MundaySprio2010Saidi's SongIke Dilo2011CIS: Las GidiOfficer Ebenezer Bassey2011Black GoldTimi Garbiel2012Black NovemberSodi2017The SummoningMills2017Boxing Day: A Day After ChristmasMichael Adeyemi2018El AfricanoLanre Bello2020ChoicesKizito TBA The Experiment Lincoln Jones Post-production
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1991Press GangConstableEpisode: "Killer on the Line"1995Soldier SoldierCpl. William Markham4 episodes1995, 1998The BillVarious roles2 episodes1996The Ruth Rendell MysteriesPatrick Akande3 episodes1996Thief TakersHenryEpisode: "The Outcasts"1997Holding OnChris4 episodes1998The Vanishing ManJacob1999–2000Dream TeamWes Kingsley61 episodes2000AttachmentsOlly5 episodes2001Men OnlyDwightTelevision film2002Rescue MeScottEpisode #1.22011NCISMike SullivanEpisode: "Thirst"2015The LibrariansDoormanEpisode: "And the Image of Image"2018The Assassination of Gianni VersaceDetective JacksonEpisode: "House by the Lake"2018ColonyAlan's guardEpisode: "End of the Road"2019NCIS: Los AngelesVarious roles2 episodes2021ConsequencesOlder wise man3 episodes
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