Ken Nwosu () is a British actor.
Education Nwosu graduated from Drama Centre London in 2013.
Career Theatre His work in theatre include the roles of Oswald in a 2016 Ghosts, BJJ in An Octoroon in 2017 and Leo in White Noise in 2021. The newspaper i said that "Nwosu gives a committed and graceful account of Leo's ever more demented determination." Shakespeare plays include Othello, The Merchant of Venice and As You Like It.
Nwosu played the title role in Ola Ince's 2024 production of Othello, as DCI Othello. Another actor played Othello's subconscious self. The Standards reviewer said "Nwosu has a generic London accent, and the verse sounds all the fresher for his plain-spokenness: he is chilling in his later wrath, wrenching in his regret." The Guardians reviewer said "The two Othellos are at their most powerful when they are engaging with each other ... Nwosu makes Othello convincingly modern but the divided self also seems to take away from the freight of his performance." The Telegraphs reviewer said "For all the nuance and humanity that Nwosu brings to Othello, this Moor feels reduced to a series of socially determined cause-and-effects." The Timess reviewer called Nwosu's Othello "a capable if uncharismatic Met policeman ("guvnor" to his colleagues) who tosses in references to New Scotland Yard and mysterious criminal cartels." Time Outs reviewer thought that "Nwosu's Othello has his moments but his abrupt descent into murderous rage doesn't convince, and his performance feels severely hampered by having another guy on stage acting out his inner feelings, as if he himself wasn't up to the challenge."
Film and television His film and TV roles include Paul Hastings in the comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), Max Sanford in the first season of Killing Eve (2018) and the lead in the three-part TV-drama Sticks and Stones (2019), Thomas Benson.
2020 and onward roles include Ristridian in The Letter for the King (2020) and Eddie in Hollington Drive (2021). He is part of the cast in the 2023 Arthurian TV-series The Winter King, where he plays Sagramor, and the 2024 six-part spy series Black Doves.
Video games He was one of the voice actors on the 2023 video game Baldur's Gate 3.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2018 Christopher Robin Paul Hastings2020 Cold Blow Lane Shelley The Witches Bellman 2022 Look the Other Way and Run Ben 2025 No Women No Children Kofi Post-production 2026 Greenland 2: Migration Obi
Television Year Title Role Notes2018 Settling Leo Miniseries; 6 episodes Killing Eve Max Sanford 2 episodes Upstart Crow Puck Episode: "Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!"2019 Catastrophe Desk Sergeant Episode #4.3 Sticks and Stones Thomas Benson 3 episodes2020 The Letter for the King Ristridin Recurring role; 6 episodes Summer Lane Drive Trey Jenkins 9 episodes2021 Hollington Drive Eddie 4 episodes Reset the Stage Daniel Miniseries2023 Rain Dogs Kenneth 2 episodes The Winter King Sagramor Main role2024 Shardlake Snook 2 episodes Black Doves Bill 4 episodes 2025 Down Cemetery Road Rufus
Awards and recognition He was nominated for the 2015 Ian Charleson Award for the role of Silvius in As You Like It. For An Octoroon, he received the 2017 Offie for Best Male Performance for a Play, and performed the role the whole run.
References
External links
Ken Nwosu at Spotlight, a casting company Interview on This Morning, 2019 An Octoroon | Creating the poster image, video with Nwosu at the National Theatre If we shadows have offended, video of Nwosu as Puck in Upstart Crow