Rising stars

Rising Stars: Sam Adewunmi


22 05 2019

Sam Adewunmi, a UK-based actor, began his TV career in 2014, making a cameo appearance in The Missing, before roles in Doctor Who and Prime Suspect 1973, and securing a recurring role in CBBC’s interactive mystery web-series Dixi.

In 2017, he also landed a part in Ronnie Thompson’s thriller blockbuster The Hatton Garden Job, starring alongside Matthew Goode and Joely Richardson. This year, Adeweunmi, who signed to United Talent Agency in February, is set to star in films including Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree, as well as Agustí Villaronga’s Born A King, opposite Ed Skrein and Laurence Fox.

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