Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie (/ˈnɒnsoʊ əˈnoʊzieɪ/ (listen); born 17 November 1978) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Tank in RocknRolla, Sergeant Dap in Ender's Game, Abraham Kenyatta in Zoo, Captain of the Guards in Cinderella, Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and Tommy Jepperd in the television series Sweet Tooth, for which he won the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. Anozie was born on 17 November 1978 in London, England, of Nigerian Igbo descent.[non-primary source needed] Anozie attended St Aloysius College, Highgate in Highgate, London. He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002, and in the summer of the same year he played the title role in William Shakespeare's King Lear, and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in Othello. Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Anozie was replaced by Ian McKellen two months before the film was set to be released. The film's director, Chris Weitz, told Empire: "It was a studio decision ... You can understand why you would cast Ian McKellen for anything. But letting go of Nonso was one of the most painful experiences on this movie for me. I need to say about Nonso that he is one of the most promising and soulful young actors I have encountered in England and I've worked here for quite a bit now and he's actually in the next Mike Leigh [film] ... But it was, uh, that was kind of a dark day for me. I kinda wanna go out of my way to point out how much I love Nonso's work. And that's that."