Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie is a TV Actor, and he was born on 17 November - 1978(45 years old) in England. Nonso Anozie zodiac sign is Scorpio. More detailed information about Nonso Anozie given below.

Nonso Anozie Timeline

• 2002
  

  Anozie was born in London, England, of Nigerian Igbo descent. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002, and in the summer of the same year he played the title role in William Shakespeareu0027s King Lear, and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in Othello.

• 2006
  

  Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullmanu0027s Northern Lights. Anozie was replaced by Ian McKellen two months before the film was set to be released. The filmu0027s director, Chris Weitz, told Empire: "It was a studio decision ... You can understand why you would cast Ian McKellen for anything. But letting go of Nonso was one of the most painful experiences on this movie for me. I need to say about Nonso that he is one of the most promising and soulful young actors I have encountered in England and Iu0027ve worked here for quite a bit now and heu0027s actually in the next Mike Leigh [film] ... But it was, uh, that was kind of a dark day for me. I kinda wanna go out of my way to point out how much I love Nonsou0027s work. And thatu0027s that."

• 2009
  

  Anozie played small roles as Think Tank in Guy Ritchieu0027s film RocknRolla and Frank Mace in Joe Wrightu0027s Atonement. He played the lead in Cass a 2008 British crime drama film recreating the life of Cass Pennant. In 2009, he appeared in the supporting cast of the BBC TV three-part 2003 Iraq War drama, Occupation, where he played a US Marine turned private military contractor. In 2011, he played Artus, a Zamoran pirate and close friend of Conan, in Conan the Barbarian. That year, he was also cast to play the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones and was cast as Jackson Burke in The Grey. He also plays the role of Samson in the History Channelu0027s television miniseries The Bible. In 2013, Anozie appeared in the film Enderu0027s Game as Sergeant Dap, and from 2013 to 2014 he played the role of Renfield on the NBC series Dracula.

• 2011
  

  Anozieu0027s radio work includes the role of Joe in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferberu0027s Show Boat.

• 2014
  

  In November 2014, Anozie was cast in the CBS summer drama Zoo, based on the novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Zoo premiered on 30 June 2015.

• 2019
  

  In 2019, Anozie portrayed the antagonist, Cargo, in the Prime Video film Guava Island, starring Donald Glover and Rihanna.