Babs Olusanmokun
Born
Lagos, Nigeria
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Babs Olusanmokun is a Nigerian-American actor.[1][2] In 2017, he appeared in "Black Museum", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.[3] He also appeared in the video game Max Payne 3 as Serrano, for which he provides both acting and voice content.[4] In 2021 he appeared as Jamis in Dune.[5] He plays Dr. Joseph M'Benga in the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (since 2022).

Personal life

Olusanmokun was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and is based in New York.[2]

Olusanmokun is fluent in English, French, Yoruba and Portuguese, and is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and champion.[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Indocumentados Mubenga
2010 This Is Poetry Ade Short film
2011 Restless City Cravate
Ponies Ken
2013 Mother of George Tunde
2014 Listen Up Philip Photographer
Shelter Hospital Security Guard
Like Sunday, Like Rain Stunt coordinator
2015 The Empty Street Blacksmith Short film
2017 Where Is Kyra? Gary Titled Deceit in the United Kingdom
2018 Ouros Magoan Short film
2021 Wrath of Man Moggy
Dune Jamis
2023 The Book of Clarence TBA
2024 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006–2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Chibueze/Tristan/Assassin 4 episodes
2007 The Unit Painted Man Episode: "The Outsiders"
Veronica Mars Kizza Oneko Episode: "I Know What You'll Do Next Summer"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mr. Marong Episode: "Retro"
Life on Mars Perp #2 Episode: "Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"
2012 Blue Bloods Phantom Episode: "The Life We Chose"
NYC 22 Fouad Episode: "Ransom"
2013 Copper Zeke Canaan Episode: "The Place I Called My Home"
2014 Unforgettable Goodacre Oyensi Episode: "D.O.A."
The Blacklist Yaabari's Soldier Episode: "Lord Baltimore (No. 104)"
2015 Gotham Mace Episode: "The Scarecrow"
2016 Roots Omoro Kinte 3 episodes; credited as Babatunde Olusanmokun
The Night Of Marvin Episode: "The Art of War"
2017 The Defenders Sowande 4 episodes
Black Mirror Clayton Episode: "Black Museum"
2018 Sneaky Pete Reggie 3 episodes
2019 The Widow General Azikiwe 6 episodes
2019 Too Old to Die Young Damian 5 episodes
2021 The Drowning Ade 4 episodes
2022–present[8] Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Dr. Joseph M'Benga Main cast
2022–2023 The Ready Room Himself 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Max Payne 3 Serrano Voice and motion capture
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Baptiste Voice

References

  1. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (9 June 2023). "Babs Olusanmokun ('Restless City') Co-Stars In Immigrant Dramedy 'Ponies' (Trailer) - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com.
  2. ^ a b Nescafé (31 August 2017). "From 'Defenders' To 'Black Mirror', 2017 Is Definitely Babs Olusanmokun's Year". Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ^ Haring, Bruce (25 August 2017). "'Black Mirror': Season 4 Cast & Episode Info, Teaser Trailer Released By Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Ask Me Anything Platform". AMAfeed.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ Kindlick, Paige (18 October 2021). "Dune Premiere: Photos Of Zendaya, Jason Momoa & More".
  6. ^ BjjTribes (29 October 2021). "From the BJJ mats to the sands of Dune – the journey of Babs Olusanmokun". BjjTribes. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. ^ tsui, jerry (22 February 2015). "Gangs of New York: Matt Serra (Renzo Gracie) vs Babs Olusanmokun (Alliance)".
  8. ^ Sperling, Nicole (1 August 2021). "Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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