Nonso Anozie Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the 2004 Magnolia Stage Performance Award in China, making him the first non-Chinese honored as "Best Actor․"
• Became the youngest person in history to play the title role in "King Lear" in 2002
• Won the 2005 Ian Charleson Award for his performance in Shakespeare's "Othello" at Cheek by Jowl theatre company
• Graduated from London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV movie "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act" in 2006
• Quote: "Image is a lot in this business․․․and people tend to have short memories․ You're really only as good as the last job you did․"
• Quote: "(On landing diverse roles): "Although I'm 6 foot six and agents might standardly cast me in tough guy roles or the big guy in the back, I've been very blessed to do roles that makes them think twice about how they're gonna cast me․""
• Quote: "An actor's job is to use their skills to tell stories and carry the viewer away in their imagination, whether that happens in the UK or US I don’t think it really makes that much difference․"
• Best known for his role as Xaro Xhoan Daxos in "Game of Thrones" and as Burke in "The Grey․"
• Was originally chosen to be the voice of Iorek Byrnison in 2007's "The Golden Compass," but, against director Chris Weitz's wishes, he was replaced with Sir Ian McKellen