Heshima Thompson
Thompson on set of Come Thru music video shoot
Born
Heshima Salim Thompson

(1986-10-23) 23 October 1986
Brent, London, England
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, actor, singer, dancer
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.iamht.com

Heshima Salim Thompson[1] (/ˈiːʃmə/ EESH-mə; born 23 October 1986)[2] is a British actor and singer.

Born in the London Borough of Brent, son of Jamaican Reggae singer Dr Alimantado[1][3] and brother of soul singer Zalon.[4]

In 2001, Heshima began his career singing on BBC Documentary Heart of Harlesden,[5] he was scouted from the documentary to play a lead role in BBC’s Babyfather.[6][7] He has appeared on television in Spooks, Spooks: Code 9 as Jez, Prime Suspect, Casualty, City Lights and Judge John Deed.[8] In theatre he has appeared at The Young Vic in Generations and at the Royal Court Theatre in Incomplete and Random Acts of Violence.[9] In 2009, he was nominated for a Screen Nation Award in the Young Shooting Star category.[9] Heshima toured with Amy Winehouse along with brother Zalon on her Back to Black album which was only scheduled to last for 3 months, but the tour was so successful they ended up touring for six years and collected five Grammy Awards.[4]

In 2009, he auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor[8] and in 2011, he auditioned for the eighth series. In 2010, he was cast as Asher Levi in series 2 of EastEnders: E20.[10]

In March 2012, Thompson auditioned for the first series of The Voice UK[11] After four chair turns, Heshima chose will.i.am as his coach and made it to the battle rounds of the competition. Heshima worked with Zalon, Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson singing and vocal producing on Amy Winehouse's Album Lioness: Hidden Treasures[12][13] including singles "Our Day Will Come" and "Like Smoke", which features Nas.[14] Lioness: Hidden Treasures debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.[15][16]

In 2014, Heshima founded HTG Entertainment a British entertainment agency.[17]

Filmography

YearSeriesRoleNotes
2002Babyfather[2]Eric4 episodes
2003Spooks[2]JJ1 episode
2003The Bill[2]Leo Price4 episodes
2004Holby City[2]Tyler Lindford1 episode: "Smoke and Mirrors"
2005Judge John Deed[2]Sky Rudkin1 episode: "Above the Law"
2005Ahead of the Class[2]Rory
2006Prime Suspect: The Final Act[2]Curtis Flynn
2008Spooks: Code 9[2]Jeremy 'Jez' Cook6 episodes
2009Casualty[2]Cole1 episode: "No Going Back"
2010EastEnders: E20[10]Asher LeviSeries 2

References

  1. 1 2 "Search results". FindMyPast.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Heshima Thompson". IMDb. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Heshima Thompson discography". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "The inside story of Amy's new label". 9 October 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Brent Magazine issue 116 July/August 2011". Issuu. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Foster, Leonard (15 September 2010). "Heshima Thompson: Eastenders E20 and working with Amy Winehouse". FLAVOURMAG. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "BBC - Press Office - Babyfather series two". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. 1 2 Bond, Sarah (13 September 2009). "Is TV Star Heshima Thompson The X Factor's Hottest Secret?". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Heshima Thompson". BBC Online. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  10. 1 2 Kilkelly, Daniel (29 July 2010). "'EastEnders' announces new 'E20' cast". London: Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  11. ↑ Darvill, Josh (28 March 2012). "X Factor's Heshima Thompson auditions for The Voice UK". London: TellyMix. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "DIVA (Friday) | HIDEAWAY - London's premier live music and comedy club". www.hideawaylive.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures". Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  14. ↑ "Unheard Winehouse tracks to premiere on Radio 1 and 1Xtra tomorrow | …". archive.is. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  15. ↑ "Official Album Chart Analysis: Sales hit new 2011 high | Music Week". 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Amy's Lioness: Queen Of The Official Albums Chart". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "HT GLOBAL LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.


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