Hammed Animashaun

Hammed Animashaun

Hammed Animashaun (born May 6, 1991) is a British stage, film and television actor. Animashaun was born into a Nigerian family in Whitechapel in London. His father was a bus driver and his mother a voluntary worker. He had a growth spurt in college and one summer grew five inches. His younger brother is 6 ft 9”. Animashaun himself is 6 ft 3”. He was encouraged by his school drama teacher to join the Half Moon Children's Theatre in London's Limehouse. He studied philosophy with drama at university but dropped out when offered theatre roles. He received second prize in the 2021 Ian Charleson Awards which recognise actors under the age of 30 in classical roles, for his role as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre. He also won Best Supporting Actor at the WhatsOnStage Awards for the same production. Other stage roles have included ”Master Harold”...and the Boys, Athol Fugard’s drama set in apartheid South Africa, one of the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Producers at the Manchester Royal Exchange, the original production of the Barber Shop Chronicles, Rufus Norris’s staging of The Threepenny Opera at the National and Michael Longhurst’s revival of Amadeus. Animashaun appeared as Loial in the Amazon Prime Video series The Wheel of Time beginning in 2021. He stars in the 2023 BBC One comedy television series Black Ops, alongside Gbemisola Ikumelo and Akemnji Ndifornyen, playing an undercover policeman woefully out of his depth. His character, Kay, has been described as a “glass-half-full, God-fearing gentle giant and the opposite of street-smart.” He described the role on the show as a “dream come true” and that he kept expecting to be replaced for a bigger named actor in the role. He has been praised for his chemistry with Ikumelo. In 2023, he was awarded one of two scripted creators in residence for BBC Studios TalentWorks to work with producers on scripted comedy and drama.

  • Title: Hammed Animashaun
  • Popularity: 0.923
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1991-05-06
  • Place of Birth: Whitechapel, London, England, UK
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Hammed Animashaun Movies

  • 2013
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    Borrowed Time

    Borrowed Time

    5.3 2013 HD

    The story of two totally contrasting figures who come together in the most hostile of circumstances, only to form an unlikely bond that will help...

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  • 2019
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    National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold’… and the boys

    National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold’… and the boys

    1 2019 HD

    St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practise their steps for the finals of the...

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  • 2022
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    The Loneliest Boy in the World

    The Loneliest Boy in the World

    4.37 2022 HD

    After losing his mother, a lonely boy decides to (literally) dig up some new friends, but when they mysteriously come back to life, he’s...

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  • 2013
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    The Ellington Kid

    The Ellington Kid

    5.5 2013 HD

    Two friends sit in a kebab shop in London. One tells the other a story he'd heard about a boy who'd recently been stabbed by a gang in the street....

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  • 2016
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    National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

    National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

    5.5 2016 HD

    As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the...

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  • 2017
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    National Theatre Live: Amadeus

    National Theatre Live: Amadeus

    7.5 2017 HD

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash....

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  • 2018
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    The Festival

    The Festival

    5.9 2018 HD

    After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

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  • 2020
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    How to Build a Girl

    How to Build a Girl

    5.8 2020 HD

    The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets...

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  • 2019
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    National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

    7.6 2019 HD

    A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute...

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  • 2018
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    National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles

    National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles

    7.6 2018 HD

    For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is...

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  • 2018
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    A Monster Calls

    A Monster Calls

    1 2018 HD

    The Old Vic in association with Bristol Old Vic, Jonathan Church Productions & Global Creatures’ present their Olivier Award-winning...

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  • 2020
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    Surge

    Surge

    5.5 2020 HD

    A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately...

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  • 2024
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    Kiss Me, Kate

    Kiss Me, Kate

    1 2024 HD

    Recorded from the West End, Kiss Me Kate follows a pair of divorced actors brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the...

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  • 2022
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    Fireworks

    Fireworks

    5 2022 HD

    This tense thriller, with moments of dark humor, is set in an MI6 Ops Room and uses cutting edge Virtual Production technology to tell its story.

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  • 2021
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    The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

    7.7 2021 HD

    Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous,...

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  • 2016
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    Flowers

    Flowers

    7.3 2016 HD

    Dark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely together but yet to divorce. They live with Maurice's...

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  • 2023
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    Black Ops

    Black Ops

    5.6 2023 HD

    Dom and Kay join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community, but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover...

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  • 2011
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    Black Mirror

    Black Mirror

    8.288 2011 HD

    Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on...

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  • 2013
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    The Great British Sewing Bee

    The Great British Sewing Bee

    7.833 2013 HD

    Amateur sewers take on challenges as they compete to be named Britain's best home sewer.

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  • 2019
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    Cunk & Other Humans on 2019

    Cunk & Other Humans on 2019

    7.4 2019 HD

    Philomena Cunk and friends take a look back at the major events of our 2019th year.

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  • 2024
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    Time Bandits

    Time Bandits

    6.3 2024 HD

    Eleven-year-old Kevin's passion for history is put to the test when he joins a ragtag group of time-traveling thieves on a high-stakes and hilarious...

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  • 2024
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    Time Bandits

    Time Bandits

    6.3 2024 HD

    Eleven-year-old Kevin's passion for history is put to the test when he joins a ragtag group of time-traveling thieves on a high-stakes and hilarious...

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  • 2024
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    Ludwig

    Ludwig

    7.7 2024 HD

    John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears...

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  • 2003
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    Celebrity Mastermind

    Celebrity Mastermind

    6 2003 HD

    Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind,...

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