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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-09-22

Place of Birth

Derby, England

Ukweli Roach

Biography

Training Ukweli Roach trained at RADA. Theatre For the National Theatre: Bacchae Other theatre includes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic; Nightfall at the Bridge; 5, 6, 7, 8 (Rough Cuts) at the Royal Court; and Romeo and Juliet and Helen at Shakespeare’s Globe TV Piglets, Big Mood, Wolf, Annika, The Midwich Cuckcoos, Humans (season three), Hard Sun, Blindspot, Dickensian, The Royals, Grantchester, Silk (season three), Drifters, Starlings, Monroe (season two) and Eternal Law Film One Day, Venus and the Sun and StreetDance 3D (Published September 2025)

Known for

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Blindspot

Blindspot

A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.

Grantchester

Grantchester

In 1953 at the hamlet of Grantchester, Sidney Chambers—a charismatic, charming clergyman—turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.

Humans

Humans

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

Silk

Silk

Passionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work hard with pupils, Nick Slade and Niamh Cranitch, but ultimately only one can eventually be taken on as a member of chambers.

Annika

Annika

The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.

One Day

One Day

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.

The Midwich Cuckoos

The Midwich Cuckoos

A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.

Starlings

Starlings

Starlings is a British comedy-drama written by Steve Edge and Matt King who also play the roles of Fergie and Uncle Loz. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been commissioned and aired on Sky1.

Wolf

Wolf

DI Jack Caffery is a young man searching for himself. Obsessed with the neighbour he believes murdered his 10 year-old brother in the 90s, Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others - but at what cost? In an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorised. When the two narratives collide, it’s a thrilling, nail-biting and deeply disturbing race against time.

StreetDance 3D

StreetDance 3D

In order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.

Piglets

Piglets

Piglets follows a group of six very different recruits at a fictional police training college and the staff charged with training them.

Eternal Law

Eternal Law

Two angels are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.

National Theatre Live: Bacchae

National Theatre Live: Bacchae

Fierce and unstoppable, they are a chorus of wild energy ready to shake Thebes to its core — and liberate its women. But their god Dionysos has his own reckoning. In a showdown with his cousin, King Pentheus, family loyalty, political power and human desire are pushed to breaking point.

Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Dominic Dromgoole’s production brings refreshing clarity to one of Shakespeare’s most famous and best-loved tragedies, drawing out the contemporary relevance of this passionate teenage love story. Ellie Kendrick, a truly youthful Juliet, and Adetomiwa Edun, a boyish Romeo, head an excellent cast whose period costumes point to the timelessness of parental disapproval, adolescent temperament, rivalry and violence. Filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe in the heart of London, its intimate and atmospheric setting adds immediacy and vitality to the humour and passion of Shakespeare’s verse. Filmed in High Definition and true surround sound.