Simon Manyonda (born 1986) is a British actor.
Early life Manyonda was born in Lambeth, London, the eldest son of a GP of medicine and a gynaecologist and obstetrician. He is of South African and Zimbabwean descent. Manyonda is the elder brother of two siblings.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 King Lear Oswald 2017 The Current War Lewis Latimer 2018 In Fabric Neal the Deal 2019 Undergods Reed Luther 2020 The Witches Sous Chef 2023 Northern ComfortCharles 2023 Rye Lane Nathan
Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 Whitechapel DO Sean Pinchin 2 episodes 2012 Julius Caesar Lucius TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC. 2014 Holby City Tommy Bevan 1 episode 2015 Suspects Lewis 1 episode 2015 Doctor Who Kabel Face the Raven 2016 Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories Gordon / Dr. N. Owen TV miniseries. 3 episodes 2017 Uncle Luca 1 episode 2017 Level Up Norge Cren 1 episode 2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Moses Abiola 1 episode 2018 King Lear Duke of Burgundy TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC. 2019 The Bay D.S. Alexander Stewart TV miniseries. 12 episodes. 2019 His Dark Materials Benjamin De Ruyter 3 episodes 2020 Pennyworth Lucius Fox Regular role (season 2) 2022 Van der Valk Vito Vinke Series 2, Episode 2
Stage Year Title Role Notes 2010 Antony and Cleopatra Messenger/Seleucus Liverpool Playhouse 2010 Welcome to Thebes Haemon Royal National Theatre 2011 Obama – The Mamba: President of the Slums George Obama Leeds Playhouse 2011 Greenland (2011 play) Adeel/Nigel Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre 2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) 2012 All Night I Dream Of Being Good Upstart The Yard 2012 Julius Caesar Lucius Royal Shakespeare Company (also taped as a TV film for the BBC) 2013 A Midsummer Night's Dreaming Demetrius Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013 Red Peppers George Peppers Old Red Lion Theatre 2014 King Lear Oswald Olivier Theatre of the Royal National Theatre 2014 Wildefire Chris Hampstead Theatre 2015 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire John Wildman / Second JP Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre 2015 Romeo & Juliet Mercutio Crucible Theatre 2016 Giving Michael Hampstead Theatre 2016 King Lear Edmund The Old Vic 2017–2018 Barber Shop Chronicles Tanaka / Fiifi West Yorkshire Playhouse and Dorfman Theatre of the Royal National Theatre 2018 The Way of the World Petulant Donmar Warehouse 2019 Alys, Always by Lucinda Coxon Oliver Bridge Theatre 2019 Actually by Anna Ziegler Tom Trafalgar Studios 2020 Far Away by Caryl Churchill Todd Donmar Warehouse
Shorts Year Title Role Notes 2009 How It's Done That Guy 2014 Off the Page: Groove is in the Heart Jon 2018 Alex's Dream Lost Man
Audio Year Title Role Notes 2015 Beasts of No Nation Narrator HarperAudio2022East of EdenNarratorPenguin Books
Video games
Year Title Role(s) Notes 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Cren / Havash / Mournful Namman / Relentless Shivin
Awards Manyonda earned an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for his 2012 portrayal of Lucius in Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
References
External links
Simon Manyonda at Curtis Brown (literary agents) Simon Manyonda at BroadwayWorld Simon Manyonda at AboutTheArtists: Every Theatre Credit Ever