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Sope Dirisu
English actor

Sope Dirisu

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English actor
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Edgware
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Biography

Sope Dirisu (born 1991) is an English actor. He made his film debut in 2016 with Sand Castle, Criminal, and The Huntsman: Winter's War.

Early life

Dirisu was born in 1991 in Edgware, London, to Nigerian parents. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, where he excelled at drama, and joined the National Youth Theatre in 2006. He later studied economics at the University of Birmingham.

Career

In 2012, Dirisu successfully auditioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages Programme. His first stage role was as Pericles in Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre. After the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dirisu returned to the National Youth Theatre where he trained in the REP company programme for eight months. He has subsequently acted in a number of television series including The Mill, Utopia, Humans, The Casual Vacancy, Siblings and Undercover.

Dirisu appeared in three 2016 films, Criminal, The Huntsman: Winter's War, and the upcoming Sand Castle. In 2016, he also appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016CriminalFire Officer
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarTull
2017Sand CastleSgt. Cole

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014UtopiaRoyEpisode: "Episode 4"
2014The MillPeter6 episodes
2015The Casual VacancyYoung Doctor3 episodes
2015HumansFred8 episodes
2016Black MirrorMan in PrisonEpisode: "Nosedive"
2016UndercoverMichael Antwi4 episodes
2016SiblingsZeffEpisode: "Golden Aunt"
2017The HalcyonSonny Sullivan8 episodes

Stage

6 October - 3 December 2016, as Cassius Clay in One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers, at Donmar Warehouse in London, alongside David Ajala as Jim Brown, Arinzé Kene as Sam Cooke, Francois Battiste as Malcolm X.

Other theatre includes The Whipping Man, Tory Boyz, Romeo and Juliet, Prince of Denmark, Red Riding Hood, Our Days of Rage, Fallujah, Pericles (RSC).

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