Abraham Popoola
Big, cool & mighty with amazing depth and soul.
Actor, singer & rapper.
Winner of 'Best Actor' Stage Debut Award 2017 for Othello
Abe was born and bred in Hackney to Nigerian parents. He's confident with the Nigerian accent and can speak basic Yoruba which is a regional dialect of Nigeria.
Singing Ability
- Baritone (Professional)
Acting Talents
- Rapper (Highly skilled)
Other Languages
- Yoruba (Basic - He can read it & speak basically.)
Credits
- The Dark Tower (TV, 2020) Post Production. McCreedy. Amazon.
- Breeders (Theatre, 2020) Post Production. Driver. Sky.
- Morbius (Film, 2020) Post Production. Ryan. Marvel/Sony Pictures.
- Jingle Jangle (Film, 2020) Post Production.Mr Rodgers. Netflix.
- Pinter Six: Party Time/ Celebration (Theatre, 2019) Jimmy/Waiter. Harold Pinter Theatre.
- A Christmas Carol (TV, 2019) Blacksmith. BBC.
- Angels In Miami (Radio, 2019) Antwaan. BBC Radio 4.
- Pity (Theatre, 2018) Person. Royal Court.
- Julius Caesar (Theatre, 2018) Trebonius. Bridge Theatre.
- Les Misérables (TV, 2018) Cochepaille. BBC.
- Boudica (Theatre, 2017) Badvoc. Globe Theatre.
- Othello (Theatre, 2017) Othello. Touring Theatre.
- The Secret Theatre (Theatre, 2017) John Ballard/Richard Topcliffe. Shakespeare's Globe.
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV, 2017) Recycle Driver. Channel 4.
- Will (TV, 2017) Sir Francis Bacon's Bouncer. TNT.
- The Crossing Plays (Theatre, 2016) Son of God. The Royal Court.
- Bricks and Pieces (Theatre, 2016) Tobi. Tiata Fahodzi/RADA.
Worked With
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18/12/2019
New BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’.
A television adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. Watch on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday 23rd December, starring Kayvan Novak, Vinette Robinson, Adrian Lukis and Abraham Popoola.
07/01/2019
Abraham Popoola stars in Pinter Six - Party Time / Celebration
Abraham Popoola stars in Pinter Six - Party Time / Celebration. ★★★★ The Times. At Pinter theatre until 26th January
20/12/2018
Les Misérables with Henry Lloyd Hughes (pictured), Abraham Popoola & Leah Harvey
An adapatation of Victor Hugo’s historical novel. Sunday 30th December on BBC1, 9pm.
06/08/2018
Abraham Popoola stars in Pity at Royal Court Theatre.
Abraham Popoola stars in Pity at Royal Court Theatre. Playing Thu 12 Jul - Sat 11 Aug.