Background

Msamati was born on March 5, 1976, in the United Kingdom. He was brought up in Zimbabwe by his Tanzanian parents, a doctor and a nurse, he is the eldest of four siblings.

Education

Lucian Msamati's primary education began at Olympio Primary School in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and continued at Avondale Primary School in Harare, Zimbabwe.

After secondary education at Prince Edward School in Harare, he studied towards a Bachelor of Arts honors degree in French and Portuguese at the University of Zimbabwe from 1995 to 1997.

Career

In 1994, while at school in Harare, Zimbabwe, Msamati help found Over the Edge Theatre Company with several school friends, including Chipo Chung and Danai Gurira, which periodically regroups (in Zimbabwe and elsewhere) to put on new productions, some of them written by Msamati. After leaving the University of Zimbabwe in 1997 he became a freelance copy-editor and a radio broadcaster.

In 2003 Msamati permanently relocated to London, where he continues to live with his spouse and their two children. He is also continuing to work on stage, he expanded his work into television, appearing in episodes of "Ultimate Force", "Spooks", "Ashes to Ashes", "Doctor Who", "Death in Paradise and Luther" (2013). He also appeared in the BBC's 2012 series "The Hollow Crown" (Richard II). In 2008, he took on a prominent role in HBO's "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" and the following year appeared in his first feature film, "The International". In 2010, he was appointed Artistic Director of the acclaimed British-African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi. In Game of Thrones Msamati played the role of Salladhor Saan. He was announced in the role on 25 August 2011. He joined the cast as a guest star in the second season.

Achievements

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  Lucian Msamati is best known in the television world as JLB Matekoni in the HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. He has also appeared in series such as Ashes to Ashes, Doctor Who, and Game of Thrones.
  
  

Works

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  • The International

    (Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in an adrenaline-pumping,...)

    2009
  • The Legend of the Sky Kingdom

    (Three children make a daring escape from the underground ...)

    2003
  • The Good Liar

    (Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star in this tale of a con ...)

    2019
  • Black Earth Rising

    (Kate Ashby was raised in Britain by her adoptive mother, ...)

    2018

• TV series

  • Ultimate Force

    (This action-packed hit drama follows Sergeant Henry "Henn...)

    2005
  • Spooks

    (MI5, a clandestine counter-terrorism division of the Brit...)

    2006
  • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    (A young woman from the African nation of Botswana opens h...)

    2008
  • Taboo

    (Taboo follows James Keziah Delaney, played by Tom Hardy, ...)

    2017
  • His Dark Materials

    (From Philip Pullman's trilogy comes Season 1 of this HBO ...)

    2019
  • Game of Thrones

    (Nine noble families wage war against each other in order ...)

    2012

Membership

Lucian Msamati is a founder member and artistic director of Zimbabwe's acclaimed Over The Edge Theatre Company.

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  founder

  Over The Edge Theatre Company

Connections

Lucian Msamati is not married.

colleague:

Liam Cunningham

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colleague:

Joseph Dempsie

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colleague:

Hannah Murray

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colleague:

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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colleague:

Maisie Williams

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References

• God's President: Mugabe of Zimbabwe