Up and coming British Actors

Malachi Kirby was born on 20 September 1989 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Curfew (2019), Devils (2020) and Roots (2016).

Ruth Negga was born on 4 May 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is an actress and producer, known for Loving (2016), Passing (2021) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).

Jade Asha is a British-Mauritian actress, filmmaker, and author known for her work in independent film. She gained recognition for her role in The Intent and went on to write, produce, and star in the award-winning romantic comedy Ghosted. As founder of London Independent Pictures, she champions diverse storytelling in British cinema. Jade is also the author of Actorpreneur, a practical guide for working actors. With numerous film awards and credits to her name, she balances her creative career with motherhood, sharing her journey with honesty and inspiration. Jade is a full voting member of BAFTA and a 2025 alumna of the BFI Writer's Lab. Her pregnancy comedy Due Dating and the Jacobean-era witch horror Hang are currently making their rounds on the international film festival circuit.

Finn Cole was born on 9 November 1995 in Kingston, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for F9: The Fast Saga (2021), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018) and Peaky Blinders (2013).

Victoria Ekanoye was born on 11 December 1981 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Royals (2015), Baldur's Gate III (2023) and As Bad as Me.

Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Independent Film Awards.

Billy Howle was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who teaches at Kent University, the second of four sons. His older brother, Sam, is a graphic designer. Despite his parents' academic backgrounds, Billy has said that he was not interested in further education, and worked instead at the local Stephen Joseph theater, in community-based projects involving dance and acting. After a year at drama school, he enrolled at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2013. Having appeared at Bristol in 'The Little Mermaid,' his next stage appearance was in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, opposite Lesley Manville in Richard Eyre's production of Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and a year later was reunited with Bristol Old Vic, the director, and Ms. Manville in a scorching production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' alongside Jeremy Irons - another Bristol Old Vic alumnus - Hadley Fraser, and Jessica Regan, more than holding his own with his older, more experienced co-stars. After a couple of small roles in television drama, Billy's first substantial lead came in the youth-oriented murder mystery Glue (2014) in 2014, opening the first scene in memorable style as he rolled nude down stacks of grain in a barn. In 2016, he was in another murder mystery, The Witness for the Prosecution (2016), as the defendant accused of killing his wealthy benefactress, by which time he had filmed his first forays into cinema: On Chesil Beach (2017) and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2018), both with Saoirse Ronan, and The Sense of an Ending (2017).

Dominique Jade Tipper is a British actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in her role as Naomi Nagata, the engineer in the SyFy/Amazon Prime Video science fiction television series "The Expanse".

In addition to acting, Dominique took her first steps into directing and producing in 2018 with the creation of "Trying To Find Me" her first short film based on the one-woman play of the same name, written and performed by Ann Akin.

Hailing from South East London, Elijah first starting acting as a hobby at the age of 14 and began going to Lewisham Youth Theatre at Catford Broadway. Acting remained a hobby for Elijah until a few years later, when members of The Old Vic theatre came to Elijah's Secondary school to hold open auditions for a play they were setting up in partnership with The Imperial War Museum. Backed by Kevin Spacey, It was a play about young men joining the British army in World War 1 and fighting in the Battle Of The Somme. 'On The Middle Day', written by Gavin Birch and Directed by Matt Wild.

Elijah won the supporting lead role of 'Archibald Cotton' and the play went on to be a huge success, winning Best Heritage award, which Elijah was chosen on behalf of the cast & crew to accept at the National Lottery Awards 2007.

Baker then went on to attend Sylvia young evening classes and it was at this school where he met the founder, 'Sylvia Young' , who recommended Baker to her daughters agency. Baker soon landed his first role as a guest lead in an episode of 'The Bill'. Following The Bill, Baker has since landed roles in other well known shows such as 'Silent witness', 'The Sarah Jane adventures' , 'Doctors, 'Injustice' and 'Phone Shop'.

Baker was recently awarded best male emerging talent for his performance in 'Signs Of Silence' by the Buff Film Festival.

Recent credits include 'Tango One', 'Acceptable Damage', 'Dishoom' and 'Ethel'.

Charity Wakefield was born on 18 September 1980 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Wolf Hall (2015), The Player (2015) and Sense & Sensibility (2008).

British Ugandan Born Actor Arnold Oceng hailing from Brixton south London UK has been acting since the tender age of 6 and has never looked back...child actor turned TV, film and music performer Arnold Oceng has become one of the growing number of talented young black Entertainers breaking into the mainstream he really is one to watch.

Tom was born in 1989, to two teachers, one of fourteen children and has a twin brother. Brought up in Jericho in Oxford he attended Cherwell School before joining the National Youth Theatre and enrolling at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship.

Current and upcoming projects include his role as 'Rawdon Crawley' in ITV and Amazon's adaptation of the literary classic 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "Vanity Fair," opposite Olivia Cooke, Johnny Flynn and Claudia Jessie. He was also recently seen as 'Wilkes' in the premiere episode of Hulu's anthology horror series from Blumhouse TV, "Into the Dark." His episode, 'The Body' also starred Dermot Mulroney and Rebecca Rittenhouse and aired on October 5, 2018. Additionally, Bateman recently received the Breakthrough Actor award at GQ's 2018 Men of the Year Awards.

Next, Bateman will star in the Hans Petter Moland revenge thriller "Cold Pursuit," opposite Liam Neeson, Laura Dern and Emmy Rossum, which is based on the 2014 Norwegian film "In Order of Disappearance." Premiering in February 2019, the film centres around a snowplow driver who seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son.

Additionally, Bateman recently began production on ITV's upcoming period drama "Beecham House," where he'll play the title role, 'John Beecham.' Written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, the series is set in late 18th century India and looks at the lives of residents living in a Delhi mansion and explores intrigue, murder and greed but also love and loyalty between a British family and their Indian relationships.

Bateman also recently played the role of 'Bouc' in Kenneth Branagh's star-studded remake of the classic Agatha Christie classic, "Murder on the Orient Express." He previously made his US feature film debut in Jonathan Levine's "Snatched" opposite Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer.

On television, Bateman has played the title roles in ITV's "Jekyll & Hyde" and has also appeared in Hugo Blick's BBC series "The Honourable Woman", Dominik Moll's "The Tunnel", David Goyer's "Da Vinci's Demons" and Susanna White's "Parade's End," amongst several others.

Previously Bateman, as a member of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, collaborated with Director Branagh on his theatre productions of The Winter's Tale and Harlequinade in the West End's Garrick Theatre. Amongst numerous other theatre credits are the role of Will Shakespeare in Declan Donnellan's production of Shakespeare in Love at The Noel Coward Theatre, and productions of Lizzie Siddal, The Duchess of Malfi, The Lion in Winter and Much Ado About Nothing.