Charles Babalola (born 1990 or 1991) is a British actor. He was educated at
St Bonaventure's
St Bonaventure's, known informally as St Bon's, is a voluntary-aided Catholic secondary school for boys aged 11–16 in Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, England, with a mixed gender sixth form for 16–18-year-old students. It is under th ...
school in London
and went on to study drama at
Havering College and the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools.
LAMDA's Principal is ...
(LAMDA).
Upon leaving LAMDA, he received the Alan Bates Award for graduating actors.
In 2016, he appeared in the film ''
The Legend of Tarzan''
and in 2018 in
Helen Edmundson
Helen Edmundson (born 1964) is a British playwright, screenwriter and producer. She has won awards and critical acclaim both for her original writing and for her adaptations of various literary classics for the stage and screen.
Early life
Edm ...
's film ''
Mary Magdalene
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'' as
Andrew
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, one of Jesus's twelve disciples.
In 2018, Babalola finished a five-month run at London's
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
production of ''
Network
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* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
...
'', opposite
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and director who is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–2 ...
.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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Living people
1990 births
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Black British male actors
British people of Nigerian descent
People educated at St Bonaventure's Catholic School