Actor
Chris Obi
September 24, 1970 · London, United Kingdom
Christopher Obi Ogugua) (born September 24, 1970) is an English actor and filmmaker who trained at Drama Centre London and graduated in 2001. He has done a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he was directed by Sir Antony Sher in the four-hander, Breakfast with Mugabe and a season at the Globe Theatre in 2007. He is best known for playing Mr. Jacquel/Anubis on American Gods and Klingon captain T’Kuvma in Star Trek: Discovery. Other television roles include Trial & Retribution, Doctor Who, Roots, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, and Strike Back Revolution.
Notable work
6.1Ghost in the Shell (2017)
as Ambassador
6Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
as Mirror Man
7.6Doctor Who (2005)
as George
6.9Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
as T'Kuvma
5.3The Counselor (2013)
as Malkina's Bodyguard
7.1American Gods (2017)
as Mr. Jacquel/Anubis
6.1Burke & Hare (2010)
as John Martin
7.4Death in Paradise (2011)
as Joseph Jackson
Often works with
Mark Heap
3 titles together
The Calcium Kid, Look Around You, Animal
Gemma Arterton
3 titles together
Heroes and Demons, Perfect, Watch the Skies
Chris Hemsworth
2 titles together
Snow White and the Huntsman, Heroes and Demons
Sam Claflin
2 titles together
Snow White and the Huntsman, Watch the Skies
Ian McShane
2 titles together
Snow White and the Huntsman, American Gods
Nick Frost
2 titles together
Snow White and the Huntsman, Look Around You
Full filmography · 18
Watch the Skies
as Lieutenant Donegal
2025
Ghost in the Shell
as Ambassador
20176.1
The Call Up
as The Sergeant
20165.1
The Counselor
as Malkina's Bodyguard
20135.3
Heroes and Demons
Director
2012
Snow White and the Huntsman
as Mirror Man
20126
Burke & Hare
as John Martin
20106.1
Perfect
Writer and Director
2009
Animal
as DJ
20055
The Calcium Kid
as Pressman
20045.5