David Gyasi
Biography
David Gyasi is an English actor who trained in drama at Middlesex University and has worked across film, television and theater. Born in Hammersmith, London, he got his first main television part in the 2005 ITV comedy Mike Bassett: Manager and his first major film role the same year in Shooting Dogs. He appeared in the National Theatre production of War Horse in 2008, then played the Moriori slave Autua in Cloud Atlas (2012) and young Victor in the BBC Two drama White Heat. Later credits include Interstellar (2014), which brought him a Black Reel Award nomination in the best breakthrough performance category, the CW miniseries Containment, Troy: Fall of a City, Carnival Row from 2019 to 2023, Hell on the Border (2019), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Cold Blood (2019), Come Away (2020) and the Netflix series The Diplomat, in which he has played Austin Dennison since 2023.
46years old
Turns 47 on January 2in 90 days
- Born Hammersmith
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as David Kwaku Asamoah Gyasi
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 16 years2005 to 2021
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First role
Gyasi's first main television part came in 2005, playing Jeremy Hands in the ITV comedy Mike Bassett: Manager, which followed Mike Bassett: England Manager.
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Gyasi's role as the Moriori slave Autua in Cloud Atlas drew controversy because his casting was seen as perpetuating false stereotypes about Moriori people.
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