Samson Kayo
Biography
Samson Kayo is a British actor, comedian, writer and producer who grew up in Peckham. He was cast in the Channel 4 comedy Youngers (2013) after he stumbled on an open audition. In 2017 he played a fictionalized will.i.am in the BBC Three series Murder in Successville, and he was a main cast member of the ITV2 sitcom Timewasters. His British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance came in 2018 for Famalam. He created Sliced, a takeaway-set sitcom that he led on Dave from 2019 to 2021, and he created and starred as paramedic Maleek in Bloods, which began on Sky One in 2021. That role earned him another British Academy nomination in 2022 and a Royal Television Society award win the same year. He also appeared in Our Flag Means Death, and his first voice role was Baby Bear for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
35years old
Turns 36 on June 20in 251 days
- Born England
- Star sign: GeminiLast day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 5 years2020 to 2025
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Behind the camera
On Dave, from 2019 to 2021, Samson Kayo starred in Sliced, a sitcom set around a takeaway, which he also wrote and created.
Behind the camera
Kayo created the paramedic sitcom Bloods and plays Maleek, its lead. The show debuted on Sky One in 2021 and was based on a short film of eight minutes that aired on Sky Arts.
Samson Kayo movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Baby Bearvoice
IMDb rating 7.9231K votes
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Online
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