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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Gbenga Akinnagbe

BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Friday


BIRTHPLACE
Washington, D.C, United States

AGE
46 Years 2 Months 2 Days

NATIONALITY
American
Gbenga Akinnagbe Nationality American

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
SAGITTARIUS

ALSO NOTED FOR
Film Producer, Screenwriter

FEATURES
Black hair.

Physical Stats

CHEST
N/A

BICEPS
N/A

WAIST
N/A

HEIGHT
5'9''(feet & inches)
 
1.7526 meters
 
175.26 cm

WEIGHT
N/A

Fame & Address

DEBUT
The Wire (2004)
Gbenga AkinnagbeThe Wire (2004)

FAMOUS FROM/AS
The Wire as Chris Partlow (2004)

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Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM
Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School,Rockville, Maryland

NET WORTH
$1 Million

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About Gbenga Akinnagbe
American Actor and Writer, Gbenga Akinnagbe was born on December 12, 1978, Washington, D.C, United States. He is a son of Nigerian parents. Rapper Wale is the cousin of Gbenga Akinnagbe. From the six children, he was at no.2. He gets wrestling scholarship with the help of which he studied at Bucknell University with the subjects Political Science and English. His best role was of Chris Partlow on the HBO series The Wire.

Career of Gbenga Akinnagbe
In the TV series 'Numb3rs' he plays a role of Ben Ellis. In the NYC Fringe Festival's 'Outstanding Play' he has appeared in the role of 'Zim' which is the award-winning production of Modern Missionary. For Partlow on the HBO series 'The Wire', he gave audition for the character 'Chris' and 2004 he started appearing as an actor and had a recurring role in all five season.He was promoted to a series regular in the fifth season. He appeared in the different movies, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Laura Linney, The Savages with Philip Seymour Hoffman. In the June 2009, he appeared in the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. In the Season 10 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode entitled "Hell" as Elijah Okello he gave a guest appearance in which faced the deportation as the Ugandan child soldier who lived in New York. Frankie Faison who is his co-star in the show 'The Wire' has portrayed his father in several episodes. IN the third series of show Nurse Jackie he was starred as the Kelly Slater. For the two independent movies named as James in 'Big Words', directed by Neil Drumming and Jack in 'Home', directed by Jono Oliver he plays the lead role. In 24: Live Another Day he appeared as Erik Ritter who is CIA Agent and in 2016 he acted in a film made by production Starbright which is released at the end of 2017.He plays starring role in the world premiere play The Thin Place at The Intiman Theatre.In movies, he was seen in Lottery Ticket and The Good Wife as Pastor Isiah Easton.He plays the role of the drug lord in Graceland and had a lead role in The Following. He had also written two articles one of which was on his trip to Nepal to climb the Himalayas, and other was medical procedures he underwent to correct his severely flat feet.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gbenga Akinnagbe

  • He studied on a wrestling scholarship.
  • Wale, the DC rapper is his cousin.
  • His two articles are published in New York Times.
  • He was kicked out from the school for his behavior in II standard.
  • He quit his government job and dedicate for acting and read constantly. He goes for a play almost every night in order to compensate his training.
  • He has already been to court seven times for pre-trial issues by his count during a stop-and-frisk protest in front of the police.
  • Does Gbenga Akinnagbe takes alcohol? NA.
  • Is Gbenga Akinnagbe in the habit of Smoking? NA.

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