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
- 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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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.
08/02/2018
New artist Abraham Popoola plays Trebonius in Julius Caesar!
The exciting and new production of Julius Caesar is proving to be one to watch!