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Ukweli Roach

Acting Born Sep 22, 1986 Derby, England 16 credits

Biography

Training

Ukweli Roach trained at RADA.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Bacchae

Other theatre includes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic; Nightfall at the Bridge; 5, 6, 7, 8 (Rough Cuts) at the Royal Court; and Romeo and Juliet and Helen at Shakespeare’s Globe

TV

Piglets, Big Mood, Wolf, Annika, The Midwich Cuckcoos, Humans (season three), Hard Sun, Blindspot, Dickensian, The Royals, Grantchester, Silk (season three), Drifters, Starlings, Monroe (season two) and Eternal Law

Film

One Day, Venus and the Sun and StreetDance 3D

(Published September 2025)

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Known for

Death in Paradise

as Archie Garwood

Blindspot

as Robert Borden

Humans

as Anatole

Full filmography

  • Death in Paradise (2011) as Archie Garwood
  • Blindspot (2015) as Robert Borden
  • Silk (2011) as Jordan Sinclair
  • Grantchester (2014) as Johnny Johnson
  • Humans (2015) as Anatole
  • One Day (2011) as Rapper
  • The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) as Sam Clyde
  • Annika (2021) as DS Tyrone Clarke
  • Wolf (2023) as Jack Caffery
  • Eternal Law (2012) as Thomas (Tom) Greening
  • Starlings (2012)
  • Piglets (2024) as Sergeant Mike Gunn
  • StreetDance 3D (2010) as Jay
  • National Theatre Live: Bacchae (2025) as Dionysos
  • Venus & the Sun (2011) as Adam
  • Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2010) as Tybalt