Actor

Ukweli Roach

Born September 22, 1986 in Derby, England5 films

Training

Ukweli Roach trained at RADA.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Bacchae

Other theatre includes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic; Nightfall at the Bridge; 5, 6, 7, 8 (Rough Cuts) at the Royal Court; and Romeo and Juliet and Helen at Shakespeare’s Globe

Piglets, Big Mood, Wolf, Annika, The Midwich Cuckcoos, Humans (season three), Hard Sun, Blindspot, Dickensian, The Royals, Grantchester, Silk (season three), Drifters, Starlings, Monroe (season two) and Eternal Law

Film

One Day, Venus and the Sun and StreetDance 3D

(Published September 2025)

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First watchOne Day20117.4as RapperAfter spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach

6.5StreetDance 3D2010

Filmography

5 films as actor

2025National Theatre Live: BacchaeDionysos
2011Venus & the SunAdam
2011One DayRapper
2010StreetDance 3DJay
2010Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's GlobeTybalt