Simon Manyonda
Born1986 (age 37–38)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationLAMDA
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Simon Manyonda (born 1986)[1] is a British actor.

Early life

Manyonda was born in Lambeth, London,[1] the eldest son of a GP of medicine and a gynaecologist and obstetrician. He is of South African and Zimbabwean descent. Manyonda is the elder brother of two siblings.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes


2014 King Lear Oswald
2017 The Current War Lewis Latimer
2018 In Fabric Neal the Deal
2019 Undergods Reed Luther
2020 The Witches Sous Chef
2023 Northern Comfort Charles
2023 Rye Lane Nathan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Whitechapel DO Sean Pinchin 2 episodes
2012 Julius Caesar Lucius TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC.
2014 Holby City Tommy Bevan 1 episode
2015 Suspects Lewis 1 episode
2015 Doctor Who Kabel Face the Raven
2016 Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories Gordon / Dr. N. Owen TV miniseries. 3 episodes
2017 Uncle Luca 1 episode
2017 Level Up Norge Cren 1 episode
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Moses Abiola 1 episode
2018 King Lear Duke of Burgundy TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC.
2019 The Bay D.S. Alexander Stewart TV miniseries. 12 episodes.
2019 His Dark Materials Benjamin De Ruyter 3 episodes
2020 Pennyworth Lucius Fox Regular role (season 2)
2022 Van der Valk Vito Vinke Series 2, Episode 2

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Antony and Cleopatra Messenger/Seleucus Liverpool Playhouse
2010 Welcome to Thebes Haemon Royal National Theatre
2011 Obama – The Mamba: President of the Slums George Obama Leeds Playhouse
2011 Greenland (2011 play) Adeel/Nigel Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
2012 All Night I Dream Of Being Good Upstart The Yard
2012 Julius Caesar Lucius Royal Shakespeare Company (also taped as a TV film for the BBC)
2013 A Midsummer Night's Dreaming Demetrius Brooklyn Academy of Music
2013 Red Peppers George Peppers Old Red Lion Theatre
2014 King Lear Oswald Olivier Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2014 Wildefire Chris Hampstead Theatre
2015 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire John Wildman / Second JP Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2015 Romeo & Juliet Mercutio Crucible Theatre
2016 Giving Michael Hampstead Theatre
2016 King Lear Edmund The Old Vic
2017–2018 Barber Shop Chronicles Tanaka / Fiifi West Yorkshire Playhouse and Dorfman Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2018 The Way of the World Petulant Donmar Warehouse
2019 Alys, Always by Lucinda Coxon Oliver Bridge Theatre
2019 Actually by Anna Ziegler Tom Trafalgar Studios[2][3]
2020 Far Away by Caryl Churchill Todd Donmar Warehouse[4]

Shorts

Year Title Role Notes
2009 How It's Done That Guy
2014 Off the Page: Groove is in the Heart Jon
2018 Alex's Dream Lost Man

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Beasts of No Nation Narrator HarperAudio

Video games

Year Title Role(s) Notes
2017Horizon Zero DawnCren / Havash / Mournful Namman / Relentless Shivin

Awards

Manyonda earned an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for his 2012 portrayal of Lucius in Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Company.[5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch.
  2. ↑ Wood, Alex (16 May 2019). "Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda to star in Anna Ziegler's Actually at Trafalgar Studios". WhatsOnStage. London. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Ali, Jade (17 May 2019). "Yasmin Paige and Simon Manyonda set to star in Anna Ziegler's Actually play for its European premiere at Trafalgar Studios". London Theatre Direct. London. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Wood, Alex (22 November 2019). "Caryl Churchill's Far Away at Donmar Warehouse to star Jessica Hynes, Aisling Loftus and Simon Manyonda". WhatsOnStage. London. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "The 2012 Ian Charleson Awards". 18 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Times, The Sunday (7 June 2023). "Stars in their eyes" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Ian Charleson Awards – Nominations 2012 | WestEndTheatre.com". www.westendtheatre.com. 8 May 2013.
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