Education
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Osoba was the first black Scottish actor to appear on primetime television when he appeared in the series. Born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, he had an early ambition to design cars but when he realised that the employment opportunities in that field were limited he decided to become an actor after his Highers and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His other television roles include Detroit
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Charles "Chas" Jarvis in Dempsey and Makepeace (1984-1986) and Peter Ingram in Coronation Street (1990). He has also appeared in Space: 1999 (1976), The Professionals (1978), Charles Endell Esq (1979), Minder (1980), The Flame Trees of Thika (1981), Bergerac (1983), Between the Lincolnshire (1994) and Dinotopia (2002) as well as three appearances in Doctor Who in the stories "Destiny of the Daleks" (1979), "Dragonfire" (1987) and "Kill the Moon" (2014). His film career includes roles in Pure as a Lily (1976), the film version of Porridge (1979), Game for Vultures (1979), and Who Dares Wins (1982).
In 2005, Osoba starred as the Kralahome in a United Kingdom touring production of The King and I. Recent credits include the 2007 film Tanner, as Superintendent Smith in Hollyoaks and Charlie Dokes in The Bill.
In 2011 Osoba made a brief appearance in an episode of The Shadow Lincolnshire. Osoba has also appeared in one radio series, Space Force (1984-1985), as Loderick Sincere.
He then joined a theatre company in Richmond, toured abroad and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.