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Hammed Animashaun
Acting

Hammed Animashaun
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1991-05-06,Whitechapel, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Hammed Animashaun (born May 6, 1991) is a British stage, film and television actor. Animashaun was born into a Nigerian family in Whitechapel in London. His father was a bus driver and his mother a voluntary worker. He had a growth spurt in college and one summer grew five inches. His younger brother is 6 ft 9”. Animashaun himself is 6 ft 3”. He was encouraged by his school drama teacher to join the Half Moon Children's Theatre in London's Limehouse. He studied philosophy with drama at university but dropped out when offered theatre roles. He received second prize in the 2021 Ian Charleson Awards which recognise actors under the age of 30 in classical roles, for his role as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre. He also won Best Supporting Actor at the WhatsOnStage Awards for the same production. Other stage roles have included ”Master Harold”...and the Boys, Athol Fugard’s drama set in apartheid South Africa, one of the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Producers at the Manchester Royal Exchange, the original production of the Barber Shop Chronicles, Rufus Norris’s staging of The Threepenny Opera at the National and Michael Longhurst’s revival of Amadeus. Animashaun appeared as Loial in the Amazon Prime Video series The Wheel of Time beginning in 2021. He stars in the 2023 BBC One comedy television series Black Ops, alongside Gbemisola Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, playing an undercover policeman woefully out of his depth. His character, Kay, has been described as a “glass-half-full, God-fearing gentle giant and the opposite of street-smart.” He described the role on the show as a “dream come true” and that he kept expecting to be replaced for a bigger named actor in the role. He has been praised for his chemistry with Ikumelo. In 2023, he was awarded one of two scripted creators in residence for BBC Studios TalentWorks to work with producers on scripted comedy and drama.

Filmography

5.7

Borrowed Time
2013-09-13

National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys

8

National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys
2019-11-19

The Loneliest Boy in the World

4.734

The Loneliest Boy in the World
2022-10-06

The Ellington Kid

5.5

The Ellington Kid
2013-02-15

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

4.5

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016-09-22

National Theatre Live: Amadeus

7.4

National Theatre Live: Amadeus
2017-02-02

5.892

The Festival
2018-08-14

How to Build a Girl

5.8

How to Build a Girl
2020-09-24

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

7.6

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2019-06-03

National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles

7.6

National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
2018-01-09

A Monster Calls

0

A Monster Calls
2018-06-05

5.4

Surge
2020-06-17

3.5

Kiss Me, Kate
2024-11-17

3

Fireworks
2022-06-12

The Wheel of Time

7.584

The Wheel of Time
2021-11-18

5.929

Black Ops
2023-05-05

8.295

Black Mirror
2011-12-04

Cunk & Other Humans on 2019

7

Cunk & Other Humans on 2019
2019-12-16

6.198

Time Bandits
2024-07-23

6.198

Time Bandits
2024-07-23

7.874

Ludwig
2024-09-25

Celebrity Mastermind

6

Celebrity Mastermind
2003-12-26

7.4

Flowers
2016-04-25

Richard Osman's House of Games

6.1

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017-09-04

Saturday Night Live UK

4.9

Saturday Night Live UK
2026-03-21

6.583

Death Valley
2025-05-25

0

Break Clause
2026-10-01