Danny Sapani

Actor Nov 15 (age 55) London, England, UK 1986–2025 (39 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

Danny Sapani is a British-Ghanaian actor. He is best known for appearing in Misfits, Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, The Crown, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Panther.

Known For

Film

Black Panther

Border Tribe Elder

Film

Halo

Jacob Keyes

Film

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Medical Frigate Captain

Film

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Border Tribe Elder

Film

Killing Eve

Jamie

Film

Penny Dreadful

Sembene

Film

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Kambili 'KB' Kalu - 'The Prince of Fernando Po'

Film

Trance

Nate

Filmography

Acting (51)

Movies (27)

The Amateur

2025

as Caleb

7.0

Mango

2025

as Loxley

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

2024

as Kambili 'KB' Kalu - 'The Prince of Fernando Po'

7.0

The Red Ball

2024

as Father

Sumotherhood

as Leo Demarco

Girl

as Samuel

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

as Border Tribe Elder

7.0

Hymn

2021

as Benny

ear for eye

2021

as US Adult

6.5

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

2019

as Tshembe Matoseh

6.0

Black Panther

2018

as Border Tribe Elder

7.4

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

as Medical Frigate Captain

6.8

The Siege of Jadotville

2016

as Moise Tshombe

7.1

Danny & the Human Zoo

2015

as Calvin Gayle

6.4

National Theatre Live: Medea

as Jason

Trance

as Nate

Singam 2

as Danny

Tezz

as Train Driver David

Hard Boiled Sweets

as Leroy

Shirley

as Bobo

Perfect

as Ike

The Oxford Murders

as Scott

Anansi

as Adolph

Hotel

as AJ

B&B

as Henry

Clarissa

as Ugo

Call Me Queen

Television (24)

The Way

as The Vicar

The Diplomat

as Colin Sutherland

Halo

as Jacob Keyes

Killing Eve

as Jamie

Black Earth Rising

as General Simon Nyamoya

Harlots

as William North

Broken

as Daniel Martin

The Crown

as President Nkrumah

Chewing Gum

as Marlon

Penny Dreadful

as Sembene

The Town

as Chief Inspector Duncan

The Fear

as Wes

Misfits

as Tony Morecombe

Garrow's Law

as Gustavas Vassa

Place of Execution

as Keith Slocombe

Doctor Who

as Colonel Manton

Blue Murder

as Gavin Busby

Serious and Organised

2003

as D.I. Dennis Clifton

Ultimate Force

Judge John Deed

Trial & Retribution

Between the Lines

Casualty

as Walker Bennett

First Day on Earth

as Ernest