Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2005 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "Lost․"
• Appeared at a Red Cross benefit at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in 2007
• Earned a Master's in Law from the University of London
• He was born in London, the son of Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin
• Early in his career, he was featured in music videos for En Vogue, Mary J․ Blige, Salt 'n Pepa and The Pet Shop Boys
• Modeled in Paris and Milan before he became an actor
• Quote: "[on his welcome to the cast of "Lost"] "They gave me a stick and said, 'Knock those three guys out․' There's no better way to make an entrance․""
• Quote: "[on acting in the 2011 remake of "The Thing"] "I'll be straight-up with you․ When you're walking in as an actor and they're carrying someone who's arm falls off and you've got the arm and it's built life-like, it's really easy for you to act scared․""
• Played a string of strong characters on film and in television, prompting a magazine to dub him the "Action Figure․"
• After his parents died, he asked to be written out of the TV series "Lost," saying he wanted to return to London and direct a film there
• Is fluent in several languages, including Italian, Yoruba and Swahili