Damson Idris

Damson Idris (born 2 September 1991) is an English television, film and stage actor. He currently stars on John Singleton\'s crime drama Snowfall, which debuted 5 July 2017 on FX. His other television roles include episodes of The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror.\n', '

Idris was born in Peckham, south-east London, and is of Nigerian descent. He is the youngest of six children raised by a single mother. He played football and dreamed of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo. He also played rugby, and in 2002 he shook the hand of Queen Elizabeth II when his team took part in her Golden Jubilee. Idris\'s elder siblings—three brothers and two sisters—have all gone on to corporate careers in law, business, and IT, so when he realised a professional football career wasn\'t going to happen, he ended up studying drama at Brunel University London. He received a BA Honours degree in Theatre, Film & Tel…