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Gbenga Akinnagbe

Actor

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Born December 12, 1978 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA47 films

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Asphalt City posterFirst watchAsphalt City20246.2as VerdisA leading role.A young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
The Sun Is Also a Star poster6.9The Sun Is Also a Star2019All the Devil's Men poster5.7All the Devil's Men2018Fast Charlie poster6.2Fast Charlie2023The Thicket poster6.4The Thicket2024The Savages poster6.9The Savages2007Detroit poster7.2Detroit2017Passing poster6.3Passing2021Rob Peace poster6.9Rob Peace2024

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. TBACheck Me in Another Place
  2. TBADreams of the MoonTunde
  3. 2026The Social Reckoning
  4. 2026American Muscle
  5. 2026StarbrightPeter
  6. 2025A House of DynamiteMajor General Steven Kyle
  7. 2025Trail of VengeanceJohn Scobell
  8. 2024The ThicketEustace
  9. 2024Rob PeaceCarl
  10. 2024Asphalt CityVerdis
  11. 2023Fast CharlieBeggar
  12. 2022Sleep No MoreRoman
  13. 2022Merry WivesMister Nduka Ford
  14. 2021PassingDave
  15. 2020Pitch Black PanaceaCarl (voice)
  16. 202016 BarsDeacon
  17. 2020GoldieRichard
  18. 2019The Sun Is Also a StarSamuel Kingsley
  19. 2019DC NoirDetective Mitch Brooks
  20. 2019Rogers and TildenMarcus
  21. 2019EGGWayne
  22. 2018All the Devil's MenSamuelson
  23. 2017The HammerGeorge
  24. 2017Crown HeightsSampson
  25. 2017Mad GeniusSun Moon
  26. 2017DetroitAubrey Pollard Sr.
  27. 2017DetourMichael Andrews
  28. 2016Independence Day: ResurgenceAgent Matthew Travis
  29. 2016Paranormal AbductionAlex Chandler
  30. 2015KnuckleheadLangston
  31. 2014Phantom HaloRoman
  32. 2014Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
  33. 2014Fort BlissSgt. Butcher
  34. 2014MallMichel
  35. 2014Render to CaesarDipo
  36. 2013HomeJack Hall
  37. 2013Big WordsJames
  38. 2013Sweet, Sweet CountryErnesto
  39. 2013The Funtime GangInmate
  40. 2012OvernightTMJ
  41. 2011Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)
  42. 2010Lottery TicketLorenzo
  43. 2010Edge of DarknessDetective Darcy Jones
  44. 2009Maggie HillElliot Springer
  45. 2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Wallace, hostage
  46. 2007The SavagesJimmy
  47. 2005They're Made Out of MeatMerlin