Danny Sapani

Danny Sapani
Born	15 November 1970 (1970-11-15) (age 53) London, England
Occupation	Actor

Danny Sapani (born 15 November 1970) is a British actor of Ghanaian descent. He is best known for appearing in Misfits, Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, The Crown, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Panther.

Early life

Sapani was born in London, one of six children of immigrant Ghanaian parents. He was raised in Hackney, and first pursued his interest in acting at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Sapani appeared in Danny Boyle's film Trance. His stage credits include August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and Radio Golf, Errol John's Caribbean classic Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and The National Theatre production of Euripides' Medea. He has also acted in the 2013 Tamil action film, Singam II as an international drug lord. His TV roles include appearances on Misfits, Ultimate Force and Blackout, while his television guest appearances include Judge John Deed and the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes to War." as Colonel Manton. For the first two seasons, Sapani played the role of Sembene in Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Tip of My Tongue	Dave's mate	Short film
2001	Hotel	AJ
2002	Pissboy	Carl	Short film
2002	Anansi	Adolph
2003	Song for a Raggy Boy	Preston
2008	The Oxford Murders	Scott
2009	Perfect	Ike	Short film
2009	Bucco Blanco	Zak	Short film
2010	The Last Jazz Musician	Van Hellier	Short film
2011	Mercenaries	Ambassador
2012	Hard Boiled Sweets	Leroy
2012	Tezz	Train Driver David
2012	Parking Wars	Imam	Short film
2013	Trance	Nate
2013	Singam II	Danny	Tamil
2016	The Siege of Jadotville	Moise Tshombe
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Medical Frigate Captain
2018	Black Panther	Border Tribe Elder
2018	Tarakasura	Kalinga	Kannada

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Bill	Leon Davies	Episode: "Getting Through"
1993	Between the Lines	Steve Coogan	Episode: "Crack Up"
1997	Casualty	Walker Bennett	Episode: "Treasure"
1997	Richard II	Bagot	Television movie
1998	Trial & Retribution	Nicky Burton	2 episodes
2000	Fish	Peter Cookson	6 episodes
2001	Holby City	Craig Sefton	Episode: "Family Ties"
2001	Judge John Deed	Johnny Latymer	Episode: "Appropriate Response"
2002–05	Ultimate Force	Cpl. Ricky Man	13 episodes
2003	Serious and Organized	D.I. Dennis Clifton	6 episodes
2003	In Deep	Davies	2 episodes
2005	Holby City	Kumi Griffin	Episode: "Tuesday's Child"
2005	Little Britain	Derek	Episode: "#3.2"
2006	Blue Murder	Gavin Busby	Episode: "In Deep"
2007	The Bill	Oscar Daniels	7 episodes
2008	Place of Execution	Keith Slocombe	3 episodes
2009–11	Misfits	Tony Morecombe	3 episodes
2010	Garrow's Law	Gustavus Vassa	Episode: "#2.1"
2011	Doctor Who	Colonel Manton	Episode: "A Good Man Goes to War"
2011	Casualty	Paul Caffrey	Episode: "Mea Culpa"
2011	The Jury	DI Scott	Episode: "#2.2"
2011	Shirley	Bobo	Television movie
2011	Documental	Buzzy	Television movie
2012	Blackout	Detective Griffin	2 episodes
2012	The Fear	Wes	4 episodes
2014–15	Penny Dreadful	Sembene	17 episodes
2015	The Bastard Executioner	Berber the Moor	9 episodes
2017	Chewing Gum	Marlon	Episode: "Road Trip"
2017	Broken	Daniel Martin	2 episodes
2017	Harlots	William North	7 episodes
2017	The Crown	Dr. Kwame Nkrumah	Episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy"

External links

• Danny Sapani at IMDb