Akemnji Ndifornyen
Born
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Known forLeonardo
Famalam

Akemnji Ndifornyen is a British actor, writer, composer and producer, known for the BBC series Leonardo[1] as a young Niccolò Machiavelli, as well as appearing in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Nathan Bailey from 2004 to 2005. In 2019, he was awarded a BAFTA for his work on the hit BBC comedy series Famalam.

Career

Ndifornyen has appeared in the television shows Casualty, Law & Order: UK, Doctors as Nathan Bailey and The Crouches.[2] He has also starred in feature film Life and Lyrics and in the play The History Boys at the National Theatre. In 2011, he was cast as Niccolò Machiavelli in the program Leonardo. The first series of Leonardo was shot on location in South Africa throughout the second half of 2010. A second series was completed on location in Cape Town and was aired in 2012.[3] In 2019, Akmenji won the BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent for his work as the writer, composer and producer of the BBC Three sketch show Famalam.[4]

It was announced in 2022 that Famalam comedian Gbemisola Ikumelo would be starring in a new BBC series titled "Black Ops" with actor Hammed Animashaun and Ndifornyen. She plays a woman who signs up to be a community police officer to improve her community, but she and her partner get involved with gang leader Ndifornyen over six episodes. The series is destined for terrestrial channel BBC1 and streaming via the BBC's iplayer.[4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Out of ControlDanielTV movie
2003The CrouchesAiden Crouch6 episodes
2004-2005DoctorsNathan Bailey206 episodes
2006IncubusBug
2006Life and LyricsPreach
2007Under One RoofVarious
2007CasualtyMatt Girven2 episodes
2010M.I.HighPizza Delivery Man1 episode
2010Spirit WarriorsRapper Sun1 episode
2010Law & Order: UKRay1 episode
2011-2012LeonardoNiccolò Machiavelli26 episodes (main character)
2013WPC 56Donald Palmer3 episodes
2015The Javone Prince Showvarious4 episodes
2018Death in ParadiseKai Springer1 episode
2018-2019Famalamvarious13 episodes
2019-2020ShrillLamar2 episodes
2020MandyPolice Officer1 episode
2020The Queen's GambitMr. Fergusson3 episodes
2023Black OpsTevin6 episodes - also writer

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Tom. "Leonardo On CBBC". Comix 411. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Doctors by Akemnji Ndifornyen". Curtis Brown. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ↑ BBC, Press Office. "Leonardo: Akemnji Ndifornyen plays Machiavelli". Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Gbemisola Ikumelo, Hammed Animashaun and Akemnji Ndifornyen to lead Black Ops". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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