Tongayi Chirisa
| Tongayi Chirisa | |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe, Silimin gɔli August 8, 1981 (run 44) | |
| O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | Zimbabwe |
| Education | |
| Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ | Lomagundi College (en)  |
| Tuma | |
| Tuma | baaŋa, kpɛrikpɛrita ni television actor (en) |
| Binkumdili | voice (en) |
| IMDb | nm2475161 |
Tongayi Arnold Chirisa nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Zimbabwe kpɛrikpɛrita mini yiliyiini so bɛ ni mi ka ŋmɛri Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, ni Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past, and Cheetor in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
Shikuru chandi
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Chirisa nyɛla ŋun chaŋ shikuru yuli booni Lomagundi College.[1] O lahi nyɛla ŋun bɔhim Bachelor of Arts in Live Performance la shikuriti yuya booni AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.[2][3]
Filmography
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Film
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tanyaradzwa | ||
| 2008 | Ace of Hearts | Tebsane Masa | Short |
| 2008 | Zimbabwe | Charles | |
| 2008 | Skin | Township Priest | |
| 2008 | Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past | Hekule | |
| 2009 | Gargoyle | Themba | Short |
| 2011 | Geezas | Sammy the Mouth | |
| 2013 | Stand By | Dee | Short |
| 2014 | Whipping Boy | Olly 'Napalm' Harris | Short |
| 2016 | Happiness Is a Four-letter Word | Thomas | |
| 2017 | The Zim | William Zimunya | Short |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Jerry Schlieffen | |
| 2020 | Antebellum | Eli Stokes/Professor | |
| 2022 | Next Exit | Father Jack | |
| 2023 | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Cheetor (voice) |
Television
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-2004 | Studio 263 | Detective Trevor Davis | Soap Opera |
| 2008–2009 | Crusoe | Friday | Main role |
| 2009 | Diamonds | Oba Sewele | TV film |
| 2010 | Mrs Mandela | Arguing husband | TV film |
| 2010 | Barack Obama's Cousin | Barack Obama's Cousin | TV miniseries |
| 2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Interrogator | Episode: "Betrayal" |
| 2012 | American Horror Story: Asylum | Miles | Episode: "Dark Cousin" |
| 2012 | H+: The Digital Series | African Soldier | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Arthur Bernard | Episode: "The Sin Eater" |
| 2013 | Gaffigan | Father Nicholas Ngungumbane | TV film |
| 2015 | Whitney | Gary Houston | TV film |
| 2015–16 | The Jim Gaffigan Show | Father Nicholas | Main role |
| 2016 | Mars Project | Neil Cormack | TV film |
| 2017–2019 | iZombie | Justin Bell | Recurring role (season 3), guest (seasons 4–5) |
| 2018 | Hawaii Five-0 | Don | Episode: "Kopi Wale No I Ka I'a A 'Eu No Ka Ilo" |
| 2018 | The Guest Book | Kwame | Episode: "2.5" |
| 2020 | The Good Doctor | Kerryś Husband | Guest (season 3 episode 11) |
| 2021 | Another Life | Richard Ncube | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2022 | Women of the Movement | Medgar Evers | 4 episodes |
| 2023–present | Mayfair Witches | Ciprien Grieve | Main role |
Video games
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Assassin's Creed Shadows | Yasuke (voice) | [4] |
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Chirisa traces journey to Hollywood. Zim News Blog (2015-08-02). “I proceeded to ‘A’ Level (Lomagundi College)”
- ↑ Quinn, Nicola (July 6, 2015). "Chirisa gains Hollywood fame". NewsDay. https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/07/chirisa-gains-hollywood-fame/. İstifadə tarixi: February 18, 2018.
- ↑ Transformers on Instagram: "Maximals, Maximize 👊 Welcoming the voice of Cheetor, @tongayichirisa, to the pack. #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts" (en).
- ↑ ZiFM Stereo [@ZiFMStereo] (May 16, 2024). "American based Zimbabwean actor Tongayi Chirisa will feature in the upcoming Assassin's Creed:Shadows game where he voices the character Yasuke" (Tweet). Retrieved June 15, 2024 – via Twitter.