Ariyon Bakare

Ariyon is currently shooting on Carnival Row and Good Omens, both for Amazon. He can currently be seen alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson in feature film, Life.

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Ariyon Bakare in Dream of the Dog at the Finborough Theatre

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Life

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LIFE at SXSW

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Ariyon Bakare, Ronan Vibert & Martyn Ellis in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

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Ariyon Bakare in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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Ariyon Bakare in Happy Ever Afters

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Ariyon Bakare in Dream of the Dog at the Finborough Theatre

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The real breakout in Life is Bakare. Derry’scarelessness, driven by obsession (grown, the movie implies, from the character’s physical disability and his subsequent over-compensatory attitude) instigates the film’s devolvement from Space discovery to creature feature.

Jacob Oller
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“Bakare’s performance had an admirably radiant ease.”

Richard Brody
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an extraordinary performance in an exceptional production...Bakare's performance is simply stunning

Steve Orme
British Theatre Guide on The Mountaintop

Again, the most startling scenes were the more fantastical ones involving the sinister Gentleman and the Poles’s butler (Ariyon Bakare),

Gerard O'Donovan
telegraph on Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

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Happy Ever Afters

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

The Mountaintop

Dream Of The Dog

Happy Ever Afters

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

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