Samba Schutte

Born in Nouakchott and raised in Ethiopia, Samba Schutte is an actor, writer and comedian of Mauritanian and Dutch background. He trained in theater at the Utrecht School of the Arts, and in 2006 he won the jury and audience prizes at the Leids Cabaret Festival, which led to several years of touring. He also wrote and presented for the Dutch version of The Daily Show. After moving to Los Angeles in 2011 he won a contest at The Comedy Store and performed there regularly. His first American film role came in the comedy The Tiger Hunter (2016). He played Hakim, an Ethiopian surgeon who drives a taxi, in the NBC sitcom Sunnyside, and gained wider notice as the ship's cook Roach in Our Flag Means Death. He has also done voice work for animated shows and for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and in 2025 he appeared in the science fiction series Pluribus.