Deobia Oparei

DeObia Oparei is an English actor whose screen work spans film, television, and theater. Born in Hackney, London, they began with British theater companies such as the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. A small supporting part in Alien 3 (1992) marked their film debut, and after taking the lead in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation they joined Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001) as Le Chocolat. Oparei later played Rongo in Dumbo (2019) and the character known as the Gunner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film On Stranger Tides. They also appeared in Santa Clarita Diet as Loki Hayes and in Loki as Boastful Loki. On television they portrayed Areo Hotah in Game of Thrones and had an early role in Minder as Winston. Their first play, Crazyblackmuthafuckin'self, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 2002, and The Guardian's Michael Billington called it wild, raunchy, and funny.