Nonso Anozie (;[) is a British actor. On television, he is known for his roles as Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012), Renfield on the Sky Living series Dracula (2013), Abraham Kenyatta on the CBS series Zoo (2015–2017), and Tommy Jepperd on the Netflix series Sweet Tooth (2021–2024). For the latter, he won a Children's and Family Emmy Award and was nominated for a BAFTA.
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He led the film Cass (2008). His films since include RocknRolla (2008), The Grey (2011), Ender's Game (2013), Cinderella (2015), and Guava Island (2019).
Early life / Education
Anozie was born on 17 November 1978 in North London to Nigerian British Igbo people parents.
Career
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 played small roles as Think Tank in Guy Ritchie's film RocknRolla and Frank Mace in Joe Wright's Atonement. He played the lead in Cass, a 2008 British crime drama film recreating the life of Cass Pennant. In 2009, he appeared in the supporting cast of the BBC TV three-part 2003 Iraq War drama, Occupation, where he played a US Marine turned private military contractor. In 2011, he played Artus, a Zamoran pirate and close friend of Conan, in Conan the Barbarian. That year, he was also cast to play the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones and was cast as Jackson Burke in The Grey.
In November 2014, Anozie was cast in the CBS summer drama Zoo, based on the novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
Anozie's radio work includes the role of Joe in the 2011 BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial production of Edna Ferber's Show Boat.
In 2019, Anozie portrayed the antagonist, Red, in the Amazon Prime Video film Guava Island, starring Donald Glover and Rihanna.
Personal life
Anozie has a son with a former partner.
Filmography
Films
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| 2007 | The Last Legion | Batiatus | |
| Atonement | Frank Mace | |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Ezra | |
| Cass | Cass Pennant | |
| RocknRolla | Tank | |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Sergeant Jeffreys | |
| Brighton Rock | Dallow | |
| I Am Slave | | |
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Artus | |
| The Grey | Jackson Burke | |
| 2013 | Ender's Game | Sergeant Dap | |
| 2014 | | Embee Deng | |
| Get Santa | Knuckles | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Captain of the Guards | |
| Pan | Bishop | |
| 2018 | 7 Days in Entebbe | Idi Amin | |
| All Is True | Actor Playing Aaron | |
| 2019 | Guava Island | Red | |
| The Laundromat | Charles | |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Domovoi Butler | |
| Dragon Rider | Mighty Djinn (voice) | |
| | The Magic Faraway Tree | Moonface | Filming |
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Television
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| 2007 | Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | Robert | Episode: Part 1 |
| 2009 | Occupation | Erik Lester | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Outcasts | Elijah | 1 episode |
| Stolen | Thomas Ekoku | TV movie |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones | Xaro Xhoan Daxos | 5 episodes |
| 2013 | The Bible | Samson | Episode: "Homeland" |
| Playhouse Presents | Chris | Episode: "The Pavement Psychologist" |
| 2013–2014 | Dracula | Renfield | Main cast; 10 episodes |
| 2015 | Tut | Horemheb | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Doctor Who | Hydroflax (voice) | Episode: "The Husbands of River Song" |
| 2015–2017 | Zoo | Abraham Kenyatta | Main cast |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | TV film |
| 2021–2024 | Sweet Tooth | Tommy Jepperd | Main role |
| 2021–2023 | Ted Lasso | Ola Obisanya | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Wyvern (voice) | Episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats" |
| Hey Duggee | Animal Narrator (voice) | Episode: "The Mountain Badge" |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Gorian Shard (voice) | 2 episodes |
Video games
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| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Iorek |
| 2011 | Brink | Captain Clinton Mokoena |
| 2013 | Remember Me | |
| 2015 | Dirty Bomb | Rhino, Sawbonez |
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Awards
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