Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Highest Rated: 89% Tour De Pharmacy (2017)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Mistress of Spices (2006)
Birthday: Aug 22, 1967
Birthplace: Islington, London, England, UK
Grew up in London and Nigeria. Modeled in London and Milan before turning to acting (and after obtaining a master's degree in law); moved to the U.S. to pursue an acting career in 1994. Appeared in the music videos for EnVogue's "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" and Mary J. Blige's "Love No Limit." Nominated for NAACP Image Awards in the Best Supporting Actor: Drama Series category for his role in HBO's Oz in 1997 and 2000. The meaning of his name: "ade" (crown); "wale" (to come home); "akin" (warrior); "nuoye" (chief); "agbaje" (wealth, prosperity). Came up with the name ofhis Lost character, Mr. Eko, himself. Nickname is "Triple A."

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING TITLE CREDIT BOX OFFICE YEAR
53% Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
  • Bilal
— 2018
38% Farming
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
— 2018
58% Elizabeth Blue
  • Dr. Bowman
— 2017
36% Wetlands
  • Babel 'Babs' Johnson
— 2017
No Score Yet Pharmacy Road
  • Actor
— 2017
89% Tour De Pharmacy
  • Actor
— 2017
No Score Yet Tangled Before Ever After
  • Xavier
— 2017
27% Suicide Squad
  • Waylon Jones/Killer Croc
$325.1M 2016
59% Concussion
  • Dave Duerson
$23.3M 2015
74% Trumbo
  • Virgil Brooks
— 2015
28% Annie
  • Nash
$58.7M 2014
27% Pompeii
  • Atticus
$20M 2014
66% Thor: The Dark World
  • Algrim the Strong/Kurse
$206.4M 2013
89% The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
  • Sergeant Pike
$0.5M 2013
46% Bullet to the Head
  • Robert Nkomo Morel
$9.6M 2013
50% Best Laid Plans
  • Joseph
— 2012
35% The Thing
  • Jameson
$17M 2011
26% Killer Elite
  • The Agent
$25.1M 2011
41% Faster
  • Evangelist
$23.3M 2010
34% G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • Heavy Duty
$150.2M 2009
11% The Mistress of Spices
  • Kwesi
— 2006
16% Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  • Majestic
$30.9M 2005
36% On the One
  • Bull Sharkey
$0.4M 2005
No Score Yet Unstoppable (9 Lives)
  • Junod
— 2004
83% The Bourne Identity
  • Wombosi
$121.6M 2002
No Score Yet Lip Service
  • Actor
— 2001
47% The Mummy Returns
  • Lock-Nah
$200.7M 2001
No Score Yet Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
  • Joe
— 2000
No Score Yet Lip Service
  • Sebastion
— 1999
29% Legionnaire
  • Luther
— 1998
No Score Yet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • Cabe Attucks
— 1997
33% Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls
  • Hitu
— 1995
22% Congo
  • Kaheya
— 1995

TV

RATING TITLE CREDIT YEAR
55% Ten Days in the Valley
2017
  • John Bid
  • 2018
  • 2017
38% Chelsea
2016-2017
  • Guest
  • 2016
No Score Yet Conan
2010
  • Guest
  • 2016
No Score Yet Major Lazer
2015-2016
  • Voice
  • 2016
  • 2015
54% American Odyssey
2015
  • Frank Majors
  • 2015
94% Game of Thrones
2011-2017
  • Malko
  • 2015
No Score Yet The Talk
2010
  • Guest
  • 2014
  • 2013
76% Hunted
2012
  • Deacon Crane
  • 2012
90% Monk
2002-2009
  • Samuel
  • 2009
90% Lost
2004-2010
  • Mr. Eko Island Man
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
89% Oz
1997-2003
  • Simon Adebisi
  • 2003
  • 2000
  • 1999
No Score Yet Red Shoe Diaries
1992-1996
  • Davis
No Score Yet Tavis Smiley
2013
  • Guest

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