Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is an award winning, criticality acclaimed British-Tanzanian actor, writer, director and producer in theatre, film, television and radio. His numerous screen credits include the roles of Salladhor Saan in HBO series Game of Thrones, JLB Matekoni in the BBC/HBO adaptation of “ The No.1 Ladies’Detective Agency”, David Runihura in the Netflix/BBC thriller “ Black Earth Rising and Ed Dumani in the SKY/AMC series “ Gangs of London”.
Msamati is a storied theatre actor. His numerous credits include being the first black actor to play Iago in the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed 2015 production of Othello; Toledo in the National Theatre’s Olivier award-winning revival of August Wilson’s “ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in 2016; Antonio Salieri in the National Theatre’s Olivier-award winning revival of “ Amadeus” 2017-2018; Arturo Ui in Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2008 and the Kevin/Albert in the multi-award winning Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris at the Royal Court Theatre and The Wyndhams Theatre in the West End 2010-2011.
Msamati is a patron of Lewisham Youth Theatre, WildChild and The Actor’s Children’s Trust (ACT) and currently serves on the board of trustees at the Donmar Warehouse.

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