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Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor, writer, director and producer in theatre, film, television and radio.
Lucian Msamati was born on 5 March 1976 in the UK. He is an actor and producer, known for See How They Run (2022), The International (2009) and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008).
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- He was born in London to Tanzanian parents, then grew up mainly in Zimbabwe. Msamati was eight when his parents — a nurse and a doctor — moved from Tanzania to Zimbabwe, which was then a newly established nation.
- He knew he wanted to be an actor from a young age. "I remember about the age of nine doing some kind of sketch in an English lesson, standing in front of the class and getting this feeling: 'I'm good at this.
- In 1994, he co-founded Over the Edge, one of Zimbabwe's most successful independent theater companies. They became known for producing inventive reinterpretations of Shakespeare, as well as original Zimbabwean plays, and performed frequently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- He moved to London to further his career in 2002, and has lived in the U.K. capital ever since. "I had always maintained, and always knew that in order to make it in this profession I would have to leave Zimbabwe eventually," he told The Guardian in 2008.
Lucian Msamati was born on March 5, 1976 in the UK. He is an actor and producer, known for See How They Run (2022), The International (2009) and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008).
- March 5, 1976
Jun 3, 2015 · This changes in Lucian Msamati’s forthcoming role at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), where he becomes the first Iago to be played by a black actor at the company. Changing the racial dynamics of this central relationship will introduce an entirely new perspective on this 400-year-old text.
Jan 16, 2017 · The actor Lucian Msamati reflects on the challenges and rewards of playing Antonio Salieri in the 2016 National Theatre production of Amadeus. Chaired by Cle...
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Jan 4, 2018 · Was Lucian Msamati born to play the 18th-century composer Antonio Salieri? Salieri was the Italian-born kapellmeister to the Austrian imperial court for 36 years. Msamati, 41, was born in the...
