Akemnji Ndifornyen (born 18 November 1989) is a British actor, writer, composer and producer. On television, he began his career in the BBC series Doctors (2004–2005) and Leonardo (2011–2012). In 2019, he was awarded a BAFTA for his work on the hit BBC comedy series Famalam.
Career Ndifornyen has appeared in the television shows Casualty, Law & Order: UK, Doctors as Nathan Bailey and The Crouches. He has also starred in feature film Life and Lyrics and in the play The History Boys at the National Theatre. In 2011, he was cast as Niccolò Machiavelli in the program Leonardo. The first series of Leonardo was shot on location in South Africa throughout the second half of 2010. A second series was completed on location in Cape Town and was aired in 2012. In 2019, Akmenji won the BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent for his work as the writer, composer and producer of the BBC Three sketch show Famalam.
It was announced in 2022 that Famalam comedian Gbemisola Ikumelo would be starring in a new BBC series titled Black Ops with actor Hammed Animashaun and Ndifornyen. She plays a woman who signs up to be a community police officer to improve her community, but she and her partner get involved with gang leader Ndifornyen over six episodes. The series is destined for terrestrial channel BBC1 and streaming via the BBC's iPlayer.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2002 Out of Control Daniel TV movie 2003 The Crouches Aiden Crouch 6 episodes 2004-2005 Doctors Nathan Bailey 206 episodes 2006 Incubus Bug 2006 Life and Lyrics Preach 2007 Under One Roof Various 2007 Casualty Matt Girven 2 episodes 2010 M.I.High Pizza Delivery Man 1 episode 2010 Spirit Warriors Rapper Sun 1 episode 2010 Law & Order: UK Ray 1 episode 2011-2012 Leonardo Niccolò Machiavelli 26 episodes (main character) 2013 WPC 56 Donald Palmer 3 episodes 2015 The Javone Prince Show various 4 episodes 2018 Death in Paradise Kai Springer 1 episode 2018-2019 Famalam various 13 episodes 2019-2020 Shrill Lamar 2 episodes 2020 Mandy Police Officer 1 episode 2020 The Queen's Gambit Mr. Fergusson 3 episodes 2023 Black Ops Tevin 6 episodes - also writer 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island Michael Movie
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