Simon Manyonda

Simon Manyonda (born 1986)^[1] is a British actor.

Simon Manyonda
Born	1986 (age 38–39) London, England
Nationality	British
Education	LAMDA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present

Early life

Manyonda was born in Lambeth, London,^[1] the eldest son of a GP of medicine and a gynaecologist and obstetrician. He is of South African and Zimbabwean descent. Manyonda is the elder brother of two siblings.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	King Lear	Oswald
2017	The Current War	Lewis Latimer
2018	In Fabric	Neal the Deal
2019	Undergods	Reed Luther
2020	The Witches	Sous Chef
2023	Northern Comfort	Charles
2023	Rye Lane	Nathan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Whitechapel	DO Sean Pinchin	2 episodes
2012	Julius Caesar	Lucius	TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC.
2014	Holby City	Tommy Bevan	1 episode
2015	Suspects	Lewis	1 episode
2015	Doctor Who	Kabel	Face the Raven
2016	Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories	Gordon / Dr. N. Owen	TV miniseries. 3 episodes
2017	Uncle	Luca	1 episode
2017	Level Up Norge	Cren	1 episode
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Moses Abiola	1 episode
2018	King Lear	Duke of Burgundy	TV film. Made by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the BBC.
2019	The Bay	D.S. Alexander Stewart	TV miniseries. 12 episodes.
2019	His Dark Materials	Benjamin De Ruyter	3 episodes
2020	Pennyworth	Lucius Fox	Regular role (season 2)
2022	Van der Valk	Vito Vinke	Series 2, Episode 2

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Antony and Cleopatra	Messenger/Seleucus	Liverpool Playhouse
2010	Welcome to Thebes	Haemon	Royal National Theatre
2011	Obama – The Mamba: President of the Slums	George Obama	Leeds Playhouse
2011	Greenland (2011 play)	Adeel/Nigel	Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2012	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
2012	All Night I Dream Of Being Good	Upstart	The Yard
2012	Julius Caesar	Lucius	Royal Shakespeare Company (also taped as a TV film for the BBC)
2013	A Midsummer Night's Dreaming	Demetrius	Brooklyn Academy of Music
2013	Red Peppers	George Peppers	Old Red Lion Theatre
2014	King Lear	Oswald	Olivier Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2014	Wildefire	Chris	Hampstead Theatre
2015	Light Shining in Buckinghamshire	John Wildman / Second JP	Lyttelton Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2015	Romeo & Juliet	Mercutio	Crucible Theatre
2016	Giving	Michael	Hampstead Theatre
2016	King Lear	Edmund	The Old Vic
2017–2018	Barber Shop Chronicles	Tanaka / Fiifi	West Yorkshire Playhouse and Dorfman Theatre of the Royal National Theatre
2018	The Way of the World	Petulant	Donmar Warehouse
2019	Alys, Always by Lucinda Coxon	Oliver	Bridge Theatre
2019	Actually by Anna Ziegler	Tom	Trafalgar Studios[2][3]
2020	Far Away by Caryl Churchill	Todd	Donmar Warehouse[4]

Shorts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	How It's Done	That Guy
2014	Off the Page: Groove is in the Heart	Jon
2018	Alex's Dream	Lost Man

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Beasts of No Nation	Narrator	HarperAudio

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Cren / Havash / Mournful Namman / Relentless Shivin

Awards

Manyonda earned an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for his 2012 portrayal of Lucius in Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[5][6][7]