Regé-Jean Page | |
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Born | 1990 (age 26–27) Harare, Zimbabwe |
Occupation | Actor |
Regé-Jean Page is a British-Zimbabwean actor from London, England. Page is most known for his role as Chicken George in TV series Roots. He also appeared in the film Survivor as Robert Purvell.
Born in Zimbabwe, Page moved to London at the age of 14. He is the second youngest of 4 children. He has family in Florida, Grenada, Sweden, South Africa, and Australia. In a 2016 interview with Interview Magazine he stated "I remember there was a really nice nursery school fairly close to us; my mum took me along and there wasn't enough room, and then my dad took me along and there was enough room."
Page took an interest in acting when he came across the British National Youth Theatre while at university. He would later go on to study at Drama Centre London.
Page shot a science-fiction pilot for ABC named Spark in 2016.