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Tongayi Chirisa

Acting Born Aug 8, 1981 Harare, Zimbabwe 24 credits

Biography

Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor known for playing Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past movie. He is also an occasional singer.

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Known for

Hawaii Five-0

as Don

The Good Doctor

as Boyd Gaston

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Interrogator

American Horror Story

as Miles

Mayfair Witches

as Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve
Film

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

as Cheetor (voice)
Film

Palm Springs

as Jerry

Full filmography

  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Don
  • The Good Doctor (2017) as Boyd Gaston
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Interrogator
  • American Horror Story (2011) as Miles
  • Sleepy Hollow (2013) as Arthur Bernard
  • iZombie (2015) as Justin Bell
  • Mayfair Witches (2023) as Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve
  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) as Cheetor (voice)
  • Another Life (2019) as Richard Ncube
  • Palm Springs (2020) as Jerry
  • Crusoe (2008) as Friday
  • Antebellum (2020) as Eli / Professor Tarasai
  • In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin (2024) as Self
  • Next Exit (2022) as Father Jack
  • Trees of Peace (2021) as Francois
  • Whitney (2015) as Gary Houston
  • The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11 (2022) as Agent Shaw
  • Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008) as Hekule
  • Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word (2016) as Thomas
  • Zimbabwe (2008) as Charles
  • Rise (2025) as Coach Tobias
  • Courting Anathi (2023)
  • The Zim (2017) as William Zimunya
  • Tanyaradzwa (2007)