Danny Sapani

Danny Sapani (born 15 November 1970) is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV series Ultimate Force (2002–2003) and Harlots (2017–2019), the E4 series Misfits (2009–2010), the Sky Atlantic series Penny Dreadful (2014–2015), the BBC series Black Earth Rising and Killing Eve (2020), and the Paramount+ series Halo (2022–2024). His films include Singam II (2013), The Siege of Jadotville (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Black Panther (2018) and Sumotherhood (2023).

Early life Sapani was born in London, England, one of six children of immigrant Ghanaian parents. He was raised in Hackney, and first pursued his interest in acting at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career Sapani appeared in Danny Boyle's film Trance. His stage credits include August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and Radio Golf, Errol John's Caribbean classic Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and The National Theatre production of Euripides' Medea. He has also acted in the 2013 Indian action film, Singam II as drug lord Michael Kong.

In 2021, Sapani played alongside Adrian Lester in the streamed version of Lolita Chakrabarti's Hymn from the Almeida theatre in London. Their performances were described as "captivating, delicately picking out the nuances of two men who are simultaneously complete and broken".

Sapani's TV roles include appearances on Misfits, Ultimate Force and Blackout, while his television guest appearances include Judge John Deed and the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes to War." as Colonel Manton. For the first two seasons, Sapani played the role of Sembene in Showtime's Penny Dreadful.

On 19 August 2019, Deadline reported that Sapani would be joining the cast of the BBC America and AMC series Killing Eve.

Sapani also stars in the 2025 American espionage thriller, The Amateur.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Tip of My Tongue Dave's mate Short film Hotel AJ 2002 Pissboy Carl Short film Anansi Adolph 2003 Song for a Raggy Boy Preston 2008 The Oxford Murders Scott 2009 Perfect Ike Short film Bucco Blanco Zak Short film 2010 The Last Jazz Musician Van Hellier Short film 2011 Mercenaries Ambassador 2012 Hard Boiled Sweets Leroy Tezz David Indian Hindi film Parking Wars Imam Short film 2013 Trance Nate Singam II Danny / Michael Kong Indian Tamil film 2016 The Siege of Jadotville Moise Tshombe 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Medical Frigate Captain 2018 Black Panther M'Kathu Tharakaasura Kalinga Indian Kannada film; Nominated – Filmibeat Award for Best Villain – Kannada 2021 Ear for Eye US Adult 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever M'Kathu 2023 Sumotherhood Leo DeMarco 2024 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Kambili Kalu 2025 The Amateur Caleb Horowitz

Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 The Bill Leon Davies Episode: "Getting Through" 1993 Between the Lines Steve Coogan Episode: "Crack Up" 1997 Casualty Walker Bennett Episode: "Treasure" Richard II Bagot Television movie 1998 Trial & Retribution Nicky Burton 2 episodes 2000 Fish Peter Cookson 6 episodes 2001 Holby City Craig Sefton Episode: "Family Ties" Judge John Deed Johnny Latymer Episode: "Appropriate Response" 2002–03 Ultimate Force Cpl. Ricky Mann 12 episodes 2003 Serious and Organized D.I. Dennis Clifton 6 episodes In Deep Davies 2 episodes 2005 Holby City Kumi Griffin Episode: "Tuesday's Child" Little Britain Derek Episode: "#3.2" 2006 Blue Murder Gavin Busby Episode: "In Deep" 2007 The Bill Oscar Daniels 7 episodes 2008 Place of Execution Keith Slocombe 3 episodes 2009–11 Misfits Tony Morecombe 3 episodes 2010 Garrow's Law Gustavus Vassa Episode: "#2.1" 2011 Doctor Who Colonel Manton Episode: "A Good Man Goes to War" Casualty Paul Caffrey Episode: "Mea Culpa" The Jury DI Scott Episode: "#2.2" Shirley Bobo Television movie Documental Buzzy Television movie 2012 Blackout Detective Griffin 2 episodes The Fear Wes 4 episodes 2014–15 Penny Dreadful Sembene 18 episodes 2015 The Bastard Executioner Berber the Moor 10 episodes 2017 Chewing Gum Marlon Episode: "Road Trip" Broken Daniel Martin 2 episodes The Crown Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" 2017–19 Harlots William North 22 episodes 2018 Black Earth Rising Simon Nyamoya 8 episodes 2019 MotherFatherSon Jahan Zakari 6 episodes Traitors Richard 2 episodes 2020 Killing Eve Jamie 7 episodes 2022–24 Halo Captain Jacob Keyes 10 episodes 2023 The Diplomat Colin Sutherland 6 episodes Anya Filming

Video game Year Title Role Notes 2026 Directive 8020 Nolan Stafford Voice