Sope Dirisu

Sope Dirisu
Born	1991 (age 25–26) Edgware, London, England

Sope Dirisu (born 1991) is an English actor. He made his film debut in 2016 with Sand Castle, Criminal, and The Huntsman: Winter's War.

Dirisu was born in 1991 in Edgware, London, to Nigerian parents. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, where he excelled at drama, and joined the National Youth Theatre in 2006. He later studied economics at the University of Birmingham.

In 2012, Dirisu successfully auditioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages Programme. His first stage role was as Pericles in Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre. After the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dirisu returned to the National Youth Theatre where he trained in the REP company programme for eight months. He has subsequently acted in a number of television series including The Mill, Utopia, Humans, The Casual Vacancy, Siblings and Undercover.

Dirisu appeared in three 2016 films, Criminal, The Huntsman: Winter's War, and the upcoming Sand Castle. In 2016, he also appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.