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{{Short description|British actor}}
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|occupation = Actor
|years_active = 2005–present
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'''Ansu Kabia''' is a British actor. He attended the [[Drama Centre London]] and was a former member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] Ensemble.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ansu Kabia {{!}} BBA Shakespeare |url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/ansu-kabia |website=bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series ''[[Miss Scarlet and The Duke]]'' as the character Moses.


Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of ''[[To Sir, With Love (novel)|To Sir, With Love]]'', based on [[E. R. Braithwaite]]'s autographical novel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ansu is proud to return classic story to war roots |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10761549.ansu-is-proud-to-return-classic-story-to-war-roots/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |language=en}}</ref> The 2013 play was adapted by [[Ayub Khan Din]] and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]]: "Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly patrician figure slowly unbending before the less privileged without ever losing his dignity."<ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |title=To Sir, With Love – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/11/to-sir-with-love-ayub-khan-din-review |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=11 September 2013 |language=en}}</ref> This was the first time ''To Sir, With Love'' was produced as a live performance.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Gillian |title=Ansu Kabia – interview - To Sir With Love |url=http://www.afridiziak.com/theatrenews/interviews/october2013/ansu-kabia.html |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Afridiziak Theatre News |date=October 2013 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |title=Fifty years from page to stage - and still a hit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/754532510/?terms=%22Ansu%20Kabia%22&match=1 |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=Newspaper.com |date=16 Sep 2013 |page=29 |language=en}}</ref> E. R. Braithwaite attended the play and called Kabia's performance of Ricky Braithwaite "excellent".<ref>{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Gillian |title=E.R Braithwaite – interview -To Sir, With Love |url=http://www.afridiziak.com/theatrenews/interviews/october2013/e-r-braithwaite.html |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Afridiziak Theatre News |date=October 2013 |language=English}}</ref>
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== Filmography==
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'''Ansu Kabia''' is a British actor. He attended the [[Drama Centre London]] and was a former member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] Ensemble.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ansu Kabia {{!}} BBA Shakespeare |url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/ansu-kabia |website=bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series ''[[Miss Scarlet and The Duke|Miss Scarlet & the Duke]]'' as the character Moses.
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===Film===
== Career performances==
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===TV programs===

The following are selected television programs with performances by Ansu Kabia:
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| 2013 || ''Patriarch'' || Father || [[Reggie Yates]] wrote and directed this 4-minute short film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Munday |first=Rob |title=Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates |url=https://directorsnotes.com/2013/10/14/patriarch-a-short-film-by-reggie-yates/ |website=Directors Notes |access-date=24 November 2022 |date=14 October 2013}}</ref>
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| 2022|| ''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]''|| Ruthven Sykes ||
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| 2017 || ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''|| Police Captain (Newsreel) ||
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| 2021|| ''[[The Irregulars]]''|| John Cooper|| Appeared in one episode.
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| rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Last Christmas (film)|Last Christmas]]'' || Rufus ||
| 2020|| ''[[Miss Scarlet and The Duke|Miss Scarlet & the Duke]]''|| Moses|| Main character since 2020 on this British-Irish period crime television drama.
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| ''[[Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw]]''|| UK Newsreader ||
| 2020|| ''[[I May Destroy You]]''|| Derae || Appeared in one episode.
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| 2019|| ''[[World on Fire (TV series)|World On Fire]]''|| Eddie Knight|| Appeared in five episodes.
| 2023 || ''[[The End We Start From]]'' || D ||
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| 2024 || ''[[Back to Black (film)|Back to Black]]'' || Raye ||
| 2018|| ''[[The Long Song]]''|| James Richards || Appeared in two episodes of this TV miniseries.
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| 2025 || {{Pending film|[[Snow White (2025 film)|Snow White]]}} || Huntsman || Post-production
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| 2014|| ''[[Utopia (British TV series)|Utopia]]''|| Security Guard || Appeared in one episode.
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|}

===Television===
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! Year
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| 2012|| ''[[Wizards vs Aliens|Wizards vs. Aliens]]''|| Security Man || Appeared in two episodes.
! Title
! Role
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| 2011|| ''[[London's Burning (film)|London's Burning 2011]]''|| || UK docudrama film.
| 2005 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Kevin Mellor || Episode: "Aftermath"
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| 2008|| ''[[10 Days to War]]''|| Charlie || Appeared in one episode.
| 2006 || ''[[The Bill]]'' || Devon Power || Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
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| 2006|| ''[[The Bill]]''|| Devon Power || Appeared in one episode.
| 2008 || ''[[10 Days to War]]'' || Charlie || Episode: "A Simple Private Matter"
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| 2005|| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''|| Kevin Mellor || Appeared in one episode.
| 2011 || ''[[London's Burning (film)|London's Burning]]'' || || [[Television film]]
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| 2012 || ''[[Wizards vs Aliens|Wizards vs. Aliens]]'' || Security Man || 2 episodes
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===Films===
The following are selected films with performances by Ansu Kabia:

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| 2014 || ''[[Utopia (British TV series)|Utopia]]'' || Security Guard || Episode #2.6
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| 2019|| ''Maude'' || Henry || Short British film.
| 2018 || ''[[The Long Song]]'' || James Richards || Miniseries; 2 episodes
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| 2019|| ''Last Christmas'' | Rufus ||
| 2019 || ''[[World on Fire (TV series)|World On Fire]]'' || Eddie Knight|| 5 episodes
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| 2019|| ''[[Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw]]''|| UK Newsreader ||
| 2020 || ''[[I May Destroy You]]'' || Derae || Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"
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| 2020–2022 || ''[[Miss Scarlet and The Duke]]'' || Moses || Main role; 17 episodes
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| 2017|| ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''|| Police Captain (Newsreel) ||
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| 2021 || ''[[The Irregulars]]'' || John Cooper || Episode: "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B"
| 2014|| ''Sedu''|| Sedu || 23-minute short film.
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| 2022 || ''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]'' || Ruthven Sykes || 2 episodes
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| 2013|| ''Patriarch'' || Appeared as Father. || [[Reggie Yates]] wrote and directed this 4-minute short film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Munday |first1=Rob |title=Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates |url=https://directorsnotes.com/2013/10/14/patriarch-a-short-film-by-reggie-yates/ |website=Directors Notes |access-date=24 November 2022 |date=14 October 2013}}</ref>
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| 2023 || ''For Her Sins'' || Tom Bryant || 3 episodes
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| 2024 || ''Lucy & Sara'' || Bartholomew || Miniseries; episode: "Suicide"
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===Theatre===
===Theatre===
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Below are selected live performances by Ansu Kabia.

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{| class="wikitable sortable "
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!Year
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Play
! class="unsortable" | Role
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Theatre
! Theatre
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 2016 || ''Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ansu Kabia {{!}} BBA Shakespeare |url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/ansu-kabia |website=bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> || Played Tybalt. || Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company ||
| 2013 || ''To Sir, With Love'' || [[E. R. Braithwaite|Ricky Braithwaite]] || Oxford Playhouse || Based on the novel, ''[[To Sir, With Love (novel)|To Sir, with Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fort |first=Hugh |title=To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/sir-love-goes-back-school-6328569 |website=BerkshireLive |access-date=24 November 2022 |language=en |date=21 November 2013}}</ref>
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| 2013 || ''To Sir, With Love'' || Played main character [[E._R._Braithwaite|Ricky Braithwaite]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fort |first1=Hugh |title=To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/sir-love-goes-back-school-6328569 |website=BerkshireLive |access-date=24 November 2022 |language=en |date=21 November 2013}}</ref> || Oxford Playhouse || Based on the novel, ''[[To Sir, With Love (novel)|To Sir, with Love]]''.
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| 2016 || ''Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet'' || [[Tybalt]] || Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Ansu Kabia {{!}} BBA Shakespeare |url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/ansu-kabia |website=bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |title='Romeo and Juliet': Theater Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/romeo-juliet-theater-review-897601/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=26 May 2016}}</ref>
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* [https://tunefulradio.com/ep-2-ansu-kabia-interview/ Tuneful Radio interview with Ansu Kabia] (2019)
* [https://tunefulradio.com/ep-2-ansu-kabia-interview/ Tuneful Radio interview with Ansu Kabia] (2019)
* [https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/ansu-kabia British Black and Asian Shakespeare Database: Ansu Kabia performances]


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Latest revision as of 20:05, 10 August 2024

Ansu Kabia
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Ansu Kabia is a British actor. He attended the Drama Centre London and was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company Ensemble.[1] He is best known for his starring role in the British period detective series Miss Scarlet and The Duke as the character Moses.

Early in his career, Kabia starred in the live production of To Sir, With Love, based on E. R. Braithwaite's autographical novel.[2] The 2013 play was adapted by Ayub Khan Din and directed by Mark Babych. Kabia received a positive review from theater critic Michael Billington: "Ansu Kabia is ... outstanding as Ricky. He shows a faintly patrician figure slowly unbending before the less privileged without ever losing his dignity."[3] This was the first time To Sir, With Love was produced as a live performance.[4][5] E. R. Braithwaite attended the play and called Kabia's performance of Ricky Braithwaite "excellent".[6]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Patriarch Father Reggie Yates wrote and directed this 4-minute short film.[7]
2017 Murder on the Orient Express Police Captain (Newsreel)
2019 Last Christmas Rufus
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw UK Newsreader
2023 The End We Start From D
2024 Back to Black Raye
2025 Snow White † Huntsman Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Casualty Kevin Mellor Episode: "Aftermath"
2006 The Bill Devon Power Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
2008 10 Days to War Charlie Episode: "A Simple Private Matter"
2011 London's Burning Television film
2012 Wizards vs. Aliens Security Man 2 episodes
2014 Utopia Security Guard Episode #2.6
2018 The Long Song James Richards Miniseries; 2 episodes
2019 World On Fire Eddie Knight 5 episodes
2020 I May Destroy You Derae Episode: "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes"
2020–2022 Miss Scarlet and The Duke Moses Main role; 17 episodes
2021 The Irregulars John Cooper Episode: "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B"
2022 The Sandman Ruthven Sykes 2 episodes
2023 For Her Sins Tom Bryant 3 episodes
2024 Lucy & Sara Bartholomew Miniseries; episode: "Suicide"

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre Notes
2013 To Sir, With Love Ricky Braithwaite Oxford Playhouse Based on the novel, To Sir, with Love.[8]
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Tybalt Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company [9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Ansu is proud to return classic story to war roots". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ Billington, Michael (11 September 2013). "To Sir, With Love – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "Ansu Kabia – interview - To Sir With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. ^ Cavendish, Dominic (16 September 2013). "Fifty years from page to stage - and still a hit". The Daily Telegraph. Newspaper.com. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ^ Fisher, Gillian (October 2013). "E.R Braithwaite – interview -To Sir, With Love". Afridiziak Theatre News. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  7. ^ Munday, Rob (14 October 2013). "Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates". Directors Notes. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ Fort, Hugh (21 November 2013). "To Sir With Love goes back to school in the 1940s". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Ansu Kabia | BBA Shakespeare". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  10. ^ Felperin, Leslie (26 May 2016). "'Romeo and Juliet': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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