Cyril Nri

Cyril Nri is a Nigerian-born English actor who studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, finishing in 1984. He moved to Portugal at seven and later to London, and began his stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he played Lucius in Julius Caesar in 1982 and Ariel opposite Max Von Sydow's Prospero in The Tempest in 1988. He is best known for Superintendent Adam Okaro, later Borough Commander, in the ITV police drama The Bill, a part he played for four years. His television work includes Graham in This Life, Judge Demarco in Law & Order UK, and roles in Noughts and Crosses and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023). The Russell T. Davies series Cucumber brought him a British Academy Television Award nomination in 2016 for his role as Lance. He has also appeared on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre, including Hamlet and Trouble in Mind.