Babs Olusanmokun is a
Nigerian-American actor best known for playing
Dr. Joseph M'Benga in ''
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' (2022present) and
Jamis
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in ''
Dune
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'' (2021) and ''
Dune: Part Two'' (2024). He also appeared in the video game ''
Max Payne 3
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'' as Serrano, a role that he both voices and performs motion capture for.
Personal life
Olusanmokun was born in
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
, Nigeria, and is based in New York.
Olusanmokun is fluent in English, French,
Yoruba and Portuguese, and is a
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and champion.
Filmography
Source:
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
American people of Nigerian descent
Nigerian male film actors
Nigerian male voice actors
Nigerian male video game actors
Nigerian male television actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from Lagos
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
20th-century Nigerian male actors
21st-century Nigerian male actors
Yoruba people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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