Ariyon Bakare is a British actor, writer and director who has been working across film, television and theatre since graduating from Drama Centre London.
Ariyon will next be seen in Daniel Espinosa’s Sony sci-fi film Life (2017), starring as scientist ‘Hugh Derry’. Ariyon’s past film credits include the role of ‘Blue Four’ in Rogue One, ‘Greeghan’ in the Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’, Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘Happy Ever Afters’, ‘Full Firearms’, ‘Soul of a Spy’, ‘The Secret Laughter of Women’ and ‘After The Rain’.
Ariyon is best known for his extensive and varied television work. His earliest leading credit was ‘Mehuru’ in BAFTA nominated BBC mini-series ‘A Respectable Trade’. Also for the BBC, Ariyon starred as ‘Stephen Black’ in ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’ and as jazz band manager ‘Wesley’ in Stephen Poliakoff’s Golden Globe nominated ‘Dancing on the Edge’. Ariyon also played the lead role of ‘Olaudah Equiano’ in BBC television movie ‘The Extraordinary Equiano’. Ariyon has recently wrapped on the second series of BBC’s ‘Doctor Foster’ due to TX later this year. Recently audiences have seen Ariyon in ‘New Blood’ and as ‘Chief Supt David Burridge’ in Marnie Dickens’ mini-series ‘Thirteen’. In addition to acting, Ariyon has also written TV movie ‘Stealing Lives’ and written and directed multiple episodes of long standing drama ‘Doctors’.
