David Gyasi

Actor

January 2, 1980 (46 years)

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

David Kwaku Asamoah Gyasi (born January 2, 1980) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Cloud Atlas (2012) and Interstellar (2014). On television, he played the lead role of Lex Carnahan in The CW miniseries Containment (2016), Argeus in Carnival Row (2019 - 2023), and Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison in The Diplomat (2023 - present).

Filmography

7.6

Doctor Who

Harvey

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.

6.2

Casualty

Bryce

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

8.5

Interstellar

Romilly

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

7.6

Silent Witness

DS Ian Cross

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

5.8

Holby City

Moses Abebe

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

7.9

The Sandman

The Gray Cat (voice)

After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

7.2

Waking the Dead

Charlie Ayanike

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

4.8

Doctors

Joe Fisher

Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.

6.8

The Bill

Jason Fielding

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

7.8

The Dark Knight Rises

Skinny Prisoner

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

7.6

The Diplomat

Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison

Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.

7.3

Torchwood

Hospital Patient

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

7.7

Carnival Row

Agreus Astrayon

In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.

7.0

Law & Order: UK

Lennie Gaines

Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.

7.5

Dream Team

Marlon Baldon

On and off pitch battles of of the fictional Harchester United Football Club.

7.3

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Percival

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

6.4

Annihilation

Daniel

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

6.9

Hunter Killer

Cob Wallach

Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must coordinate with an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president, and hopefully prevent World War III.

5.8

Troy: Fall of a City

Achilles

A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.

6.9

Cloud Atlas

Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.