Babs Olusanmokun

Babs Olusanmokun (born 1984 or 1985)^[1] is a Nigerian-American^[2][3] actor best known for playing Dr. Joseph M'Benga in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present) and Jamis in Dune^[4] (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). He also appeared in the video game Max Payne 3 as Serrano, a role that he both voices and performs motion capture for.^[5]

Babs Olusanmokun
Olusanmokun in 2024
Born	1984 or 1985 (age 40–41) Lagos, Nigeria
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Personal life

Olusanmokun was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and is based in New York.^[3]

Olusanmokun is fluent in English, French, Yoruba and Portuguese, and is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and champion.^[6][7]

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Indocumentados	Mubenga
2010	This Is Poetry	Ade	Short film
2011	Restless City	Cravate
	Ponies	Ken
2013	Mother of George	Tunde
2014	Listen Up Philip	Photographer
	Shelter	Hospital Security Guard
	Like Sunday, Like Rain		Stunt coordinator
2015	The Empty Street	Blacksmith	Short film
2017	Where Is Kyra?	Gary	Titled Deceit in the United Kingdom
2018	Ouros	Magoan	Short film
2021	Wrath of Man	Moggy
	Dune	Jamis
2023	The Book of Clarence	Asher the Torturer
2024	Dune: Part Two	Jamis
	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	Mr. Heron

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Chibueze/Tristan/Assassin	4 episodes
2007	The Unit	Painted Man	Episode: "The Outsiders"
	Veronica Mars	Kizza Oneko	Episode: "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer"
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mr. Marong	Episode: "Retro"
	Life on Mars	Perp #2	Episode: "Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"
2012	Blue Bloods	Phantom	Episode: "The Life We Chose"
	NYC 22	Fouad	Episode: "Ransom"
2013	Copper	Zeke Canaan	Episode: "The Place I Called My Home"
2014	Unforgettable	Goodacre Oyensi	Episode: "D.O.A."
	The Blacklist	Yaabari's Soldier	Episode: "Lord Baltimore (No. 104)"
2015	Gotham	Mace	Episode: "The Scarecrow"
2016	Roots	Omoro Kinte	3 episodes; credited as Babatunde Olusanmokun
	The Night Of	Marvin	Episode: "The Art of War"
2017	The Defenders	Sowande	4 episodes
	Black Mirror	Clayton Leigh	Episode: "Black Museum"
2018	Sneaky Pete	Reggie	3 episodes
2019	The Widow	General Azikiwe	6 episodes
2019	Too Old to Die Young	Damian	5 episodes
2021	The Drowning	Ade	4 episodes
2022–present[9]	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Dr. Joseph M'Benga	Main cast
2022–2023	The Ready Room	Himself	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Max Payne 3	Serrano	Voice and motion capture
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Baptiste	Voice