Calvin Demba

Calvin Demba is an English actor who also writes and directs, born in Stepney and raised in Bethnal Green in East London. At 17 he started attending The Half Moon youth theater in Limehouse, and later signed with an acting agency in Hoxton. He first came to prominence in 2011 as Scott Sabeka in Hollyoaks, the Channel 4 soap, a part he played for a year across 82 episodes. A 2013 stage debut followed as Kola in Routes at the Royal Court Theatre in London, and from 2013 to 2014 he played Jay in the E4 comedy-drama Youngers. He was nominated for the Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award in 2015 for his performance in The Red Lion, Patrick Marber's play at the National Theatre. He played Andy Okonkwo in the BBC drama Life in 2020, wrote and directed the BFI-backed short Babydolls in 2022, and took a leading part in the Netflix series Supacell in 2024.