Adetunji "Tunji" Kasim is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Bailey in '' Nearly Famous'' (on E4), Hugo Scott, an art teacher in '' Shetland'', and

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in The CW's ''

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''. In 2009, he was nominated for an

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drama award for ''

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'' (with the

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Early life and education

He was born in

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, but moved to

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

soon after birth. He lived there until he was 12, and then the family moved back to Aberdeen and spent his teenage years in

Kincorth Kincorth is a suburb located to the south of Aberdeen, Scotland. The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic "Ceann Coirthe", which probably refers to an old pillar or standing stone (''coirthe''). Kincorth is known as the garden estate of ...

. His mother is Scottish, a primary school teacher raised on a farm in Auchenblae and his father is

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

, a research fellow and lecturer at

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, having previously studied there for his PhD in economics. His first thoughts of a career were of being a boxer or a dishwasher. He then studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in

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, which is now called

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Filmography

Theatre

Film

Television

References

External links

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at the National Theatre {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasim, Tunji Male actors from Aberdeen Living people Scottish male television actors Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scottish people of Nigerian descent 1987 births 21st-century Scottish male actors