Razaaq Adoti

Razaaq Adoti
Born (1973-06-27) 27 June 1973 (age 51)
London, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, screenwriter

Razaaq Adoti (born 27 June 1973) is a British actor, producer and screenwriter.

Early life

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Adoti was born in Forest Gate, London of Nigerian descent (Nigerian British). He landed his first professional screen role on the British television show, Press Gang, playing a police officer. After a season with the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) winning the Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award with Aesop, A New Opera and playing the lead Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Adoti was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he studied for three years and earned his degree in acting.[1]

Career

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Actor

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Adoti was cast as Yamba in Steven Spielberg’s feature epic, Amistad alongside Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman and Matthew McConaughey. After completing Amistad, he returned to London where he worked on various television and film projects. This included. Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1, and Black Hawk Down with director Ridley Scott, playing the antagonist Yousuf Dahir Mo'alim. Since then, Adoti has starred in numerous productions including Paul W. S. Anderson’s Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Haven, Doom (based on the popular video game of the same name) and The Hard Corps. Adoti also starred as Dutch Maas in Bill Duke’s 2008 film, Cover.[2]

Producer

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Adoti, through his Area Boyz production company, has written a screenplay Sons of the Soil (formerly Area Boyz) to be shot in England and Nigeria.[3] He is also the host and co-producer on the new Fox Soccer Channel television show titled Extra Time set for a summer 2008 premiere.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Remember Me? Chas
1997 Amistad Yamba
2000 Gangster No. 1 Roland
2001 Black Hawk Down Mo'Alim
2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Sgt. Peyton Wells
2004 Haven Richie Rich
2005 Doom Duke
2006 The Still Life Rodney
2006 Second in Command Gunnery Sergeant Earl Darnell
2007 Love... & Other 4 Letter Words Chef
2007 Cover Dutch Mass
2010 Barry Munday Sprio
2010 Saidi's Song Ike Dilo
2011 CIS: Las Gidi Officer Ebenezer Bassey
2011 Black Gold Timi Garbiel
2012 Black November Sodi
2017 The Summoning Mills
2017 Boxing Day: A Day After Christmas Michael Adeyemi
2018 El Africano Lanre Bello
2020 Choices Kizito

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Press Gang Constable Episode: "Killer on the Line"
1995 Soldier Soldier Cpl. William Markham 4 episodes
1995, 1998 The Bill Various roles 2 episodes
1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Patrick Akande 3 episodes
1996 Thief Takers Henry Episode: "The Outcasts"
1997 Holding On Chris 4 episodes
1998 The Vanishing Man Jacob
1999–2000 Dream Team Wes Kingsley 61 episodes
2000 Attachments Olly 5 episodes
2001 Men Only Dwight Television film
2002 Rescue Me Scott Episode #1.2
2011 NCIS Mike Sullivan Episode: "Thirst"
2015 The Librarians Doorman Episode: "And the Image of Image"
2018 The Assassination of Gianni Versace Detective Jackson Episode: "House by the Lake"
2018 Colony Alan's Guard Episode: "End of the Road"
2019 NCIS: Los Angeles Various roles 2 episodes
2021 Consequences Older Wise Man 3 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "NCDT Directory of Graduates 1980-2006". Archived from the original on 28 October 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Raz Adoti: A Hidden Gem in Hollywood - AfricanLoft". 2 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "AreaBoyz". 2007. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
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