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Samson Kayo

Acting Born Jun 20, 1991 Peckham, London, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Samson Kayo is a British actor, producer and writer. He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2018 for the BBC sketch show Famalam (2017–2020). He created, wrote and starred in the Sky One sitcom Bloods (2021–2022) and received a nomination for the same award in 2022. He won the Royal Television Society Programme Awards for Best Male Comedy Performance in the latter role in 2022 and was nominated in 2019 and 2023. He also created and stars in Sliced(2019–2020), and his other credits include Youngers (2013), Timewasters (2017), and Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023).

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Full filmography

  • House of the Dragon (2022) as Mujja
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • F1 (2025) as Cash
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) as Baby Bear (voice)
  • Horrible Histories (2009)
  • Would I Lie to You? (2007) as Self
  • Our Flag Means Death (2022) as Oluwande
  • Dolittle (2020) as Pirate
  • Urban Myths (2017) as Basil
  • Truth Seekers (2020) as Elton John
  • The Big Narstie Show (2018) as Self
  • The Aliens (2016) as MC
  • Sliced (2019) as Joshua
  • The Bubble (2022) as Bola
  • My Mother's Wedding (2025) as Steve
  • Bloods (2021) as Maleek
  • Timewasters (2017) as Horace
  • Death to 2020 (2020) as Pyrex Flask
  • Death to 2021 (2021) as Pyrex Flask
  • Famalam (2018)
  • The Trident (2023) as Baby Bear (voice)
  • We the Jury (2016)
  • Youngers (2013) as Boss Fury
  • Boxing Day (2021) as Joseph