Malachi Kirby

Actor

September 20, 1989 (36 years)

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Biography

Malachi Kirby (born September 20, 1989) is a British actor and writer. He gained prominence through his roles in the 2016 Roots remake and the Black Mirror episode "Men Against Fire". He won a BAFTA for his performance in Small Axe: Mangrove (2020).

Filmography

8.7

Project Hail Mary

DuBois

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

7.6

Doctor Who

Gastron

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

8.3

Black Mirror

Stripe

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

4.4

The One Show

Self

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

6.7

A Thousand Blows

Hezekiah Moscow

Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.

6.9

Roots

Kunta Kinte

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

6.9

Small Axe

Darcus Howe

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.

7.3

Devils

Oliver Harris

After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.

6.1

Fallen

Roland Sparks

Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.

5.6

Curfew

Michael Garwick

When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.

7.2

Boiling Point

Tony

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

6.9

Wicked Little Letters

Bill

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.

6.6

Kajaki

Snoop

British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.

6.7

Offender

Harry

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.

6.4

Way to Go

Nkanta

A black comedy about three ordinary guys who find themselves, forced by an extraordinary set of circumstances, into setting up an assisted-suicide business.

N/A

Anansi Boys

Charlie Nancy / Spider

Charlie Nancy is a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father. But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that his father was Anansi: trickster god of stories. And he learns that he has a brother. Now his brother, Spider, is entering Charlie’s life, determined to make it more interesting but making it a lot more dangerous.

4.5

My Murder

Danny McLean

A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this innovative and gripping factual drama. My Murder tells the true story of Shakilus Townsend, a 16-year-old boy who was led to his death by the 15-year-old he thought of as his girlfriend, in what became known as the honey trap killing.

5.2

The Last Showing

Clive

A couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.

3.7

My Name Is Leon

Tufty Burrows

Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets unexpected support along the way.

5.8

Dough

Shaun

An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.