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Actor

1970-11-15 · London, England · Male

24 series in the catalog

Danny Sapani (born 15 November 1970) is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV series Ultimate Force (2002–2003) and Harlots (2017–2019), the E4 series Misfits (2009–2010), the Sky Atlantic series Penny Dreadful (2014–2015), the BBC series Black Earth Rising (2018) and Killing Eve (2020), and the Paramount+ series Halo (2022–2024). His films include Singam II (2013), The Siege of Jadotville (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Black Panther (2018) and Sumotherhood (2023).

Early life

Sapani was born in London, England, one of six children of immigrant Ghanaian parents. He was raised in Hackney, and first pursued his interest in acting at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Sapani appeared in Danny Boyle's film Trance. His stage credits include August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and Radio Golf, Errol John's Caribbean classic Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and The National Theatre production of Euripides' Medea. He has also acted in the 2013 Indian action film, Singam II as drug lord Michael Kong.

In 2021, Sapani played alongside Adrian Lester in the streamed version of Lolita Chakrabarti's Hymn from the Almeida theatre in London. Their performances were described as "captivating, delicately picking out the nuances of two men who are simultaneously complete and broken".

Sapani's TV roles include appearances on Misfits, Ultimate Force and Blackout, while his television guest appearances include Judge John Deed and the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes to War." as Colonel Manton. For the first two seasons, Sapani played the role of Sembene in Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

On 19 August 2019, Deadline reported that Sapani would be joining the cast of the BBC America and AMC series Killing Eve.

Sapani also stars in the 2025 American espionage thriller, The Amateur.