Cyril Nri
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Cyril Ikechukwu Nri 25 April 1961 Nigeria |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, film director |
Cyril Ikechukwu Nri (born 25 April 1961 in Nigeria) is a British actor, writer and director who is best known for playing Superintendent Adam Okaro in the police TV series The Bill.
Cyril Nri had appeared in "The Bill" in a minor role, visiting a patient in hospital, before taking up the role of Superintendent Okaro.
Nri attended Holland Park School in West London and appeared in a school production of Three Penny Opera. He attended the Young Vic Youth Theatre in Waterloo, London. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and is probably best known for playing the role of Superintendent Adam Okaro, later Chief Superintendent, in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill. He also had a role as Graham, a barrister colleague of Miles and Anna, in both series of the cult BBC TV drama series This Life.
After drama school at the Bristol Old Vic Cyril started acting life at The Royal Shakespeare Company where his first role was Lucius in Ron Daniel's 1982 production of Julius Caesar. He played Ariel to Max Von Sydow's Prospero in Jonathan Miller's 1988 production of The Tempest.
In 2008, he starred alongside other former The Bill favourites, Philip Whitchurch and Russell Boulter in an episode of BBC1's Waking the Dead.
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