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Damson Idris

Actor | * 09/02/1991 (32) | Peckham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Damson Alade-Bo Idris (born 2 September 1991) is a British actor. He is best known for starring on John Singleton's crime drama Snowfall, which debuted 5 July 2017 on FX and ended in 2023 after six seasons. He played the co-lead in Netflix 's 2021 sci-fi action film Outside the Wire. ()

Damson Idris is a British television, theatre and film actor. He was born in 1991 in Peckham, London. The last born of six children (3 brothers and 2 sisters) and raised by a single mother, he discovered his passion for acting whilst studying at Brunel University.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Mystery

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Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the ...

Farming

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2018 | 3.2/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device. ...

Outside the Wire

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2021 | 3.2/5 | 1h 56min
Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
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Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numero ...

Snowfall

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2017 | 4.3/5 | 42min per episode
Drama, Crime
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Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a mon ...

Black Mirror

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2011- | 4.2/5
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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Male Performance in Film Male Performance in Tv
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Movies with Damson Idris as Actor(6)

2022 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Lieutenant Thomas Harp2021 Outside the Wire
as Agent Denys2018 The Commuter
as Enitan2018 Farming
as Lt. Michael Forman2017 Megan Leavey
as Hakim2016 City of Tiny Lights

TV Shows/Series with Damson Idris as Actor(4)

as Khalid2023 Swarm
as Dorian Harrison2019 The Twilight Zone
as Franklin Saint2017 Snowfall
as Jaden Tommins2011 Black Mirror

Additional Information

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Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 09/02 1991 (September) in Peckham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 32 years + 234 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Brunel University London, Identity School of Acting
Damson Idris frequently works together with these people:
Donald Glover (6x, Actor)
Janine Nabers (6x, Crew)
Jordan Peele (5x, Actor)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (4x, Actor)
Stephen Glover (4x, Crew)
Charlie Brooker (4x, Crew)
Wakana Yoshihara (4x, Crew)
Ibra Ake (4x, Crew)
Simon Kinberg (3x, Crew)
Dave Andron (3x, Crew)
Leonard Chang (3x, Crew)
Marco Ramirez (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:491785, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024