Rhashan Stone

Rhashan Stone is an actor, comedian and musician who was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and grew up in Britain. He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and began his stage career in 1991 with Cheek by Jowl's As You Like It at the Albery Theatre. He has performed for the Royal Court Theatre and the National Theatre as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company, and also in the West End. At the Barbican Theatre in 1997 he took the role of Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1999 he played Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a Sondheim musical staged at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. His television work includes main parts in Bodies, Strike Back, Keeping Faith, Mutual Friends, The Smoke, Hollington Drive and Ballot Monkeys. He is also a classically trained singer who writes music in jazz, soul and gospel styles.