Reece Noi

Reece Noi (born 13 June 1988) is a British Ghanaian actor. He is best known for portraying Taylor Mitchell in the BBC school-based drama serial, Grange Hill, from 2004 to 2007, and also Noel Parkin and Earl Kelly in the second and fourth series of Waterloo Road in 2007 and 2009 respectively, and Mossador in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Noi also starred in the 2019 Emmy Nominated Netflix crime series When They See Us.

Career Noi started his career in Liverpool gangster film My Kingdom, a modern day re-telling of Shakespeare's King Lear playing The Fool opposite Richard Harris's Lear. He worked consistently on TV until he landed his role in Grange Hill which led to Noi being very much in demand and he went on to secure roles in the BBC dramas Conviction and Doctors, where he played terminally-ill teenager Sam. Next came a recurring role in Emmerdale as Ryan Hayworth during 2007 and 2008. In 2007, Noi joined BBC school drama Waterloo Road, playing a character named Noel Parkin in the 8th episode of Series 2, and later returned in 2009 to play bad boy Earl Kelly, who in the eighth episode of the series fatally shot his girlfriend Maxine Barlow (played by Ellie Paskell).

Noi made an appearance in the Channel 4 series Shameless, series 4 episode 5, as Debbie's Christian boyfriend, Luke Newman. He also had guest roles of Carl in BBC series Paradox and Tyler Simmons in ITV series The Bill in 2009.

Noi starred alongside Sophie Okonedo and Dougray Scott in ITV four-part drama Father And Son, playing Sean O'Connor on ITV1 in the spring of 2010. In 2011, he appeared in BBC law drama Silk. He then went on to play Levi in Sky Atlantic's Hit & Miss.

In 2012, Noi appeared in ITV2 supernatural comedy Switch alongside former EastEnders star Lacey Turner. He featured on a number of popular UK roles before then appearing in Game of Thrones from 2014 to 2015 as an emancipated slave, called Mossador. In a 2019 interview with Australian publication IF Magazine Noi stated that executive producers David Benoiff and D.B Weiss liked his work on Season 4 so much they then wrote Mossador for him.

Noi appeared in FOX networks mini serial Houdini and Doyle. In 2019 he took on the role of Matias Reyes in Ava DuVernay's Netflix mini series "When They See Us" based on the true story of the "Central Park Five" The show has since been nominated for sixteen Emmy Awards.

In 2022, Noi joined the second and final series of The Mysterious Benedict Society in the recurring role of Marlon alongside Tony Hale as Dr. Curtain.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2001 My Kingdom The Boy 2003 The Virgin of Liverpool Wesley Churchill 2010 Four Lions Shoulderboy Threads Liam Short film2011 Seamonsters Kieran Friday Aiden Short film 2016 Bliss Danny K-Shop Malik 2017 Away Damo 2019 The Painters Nacho Short Film 2020 Unsound Noah 2022 Diary of a Spy Camden 2025 Tecie Jose

TV Year Title Role Notes 2000 Seeing Red Wayne 2003 Real Men Lester 2004 Outlaws Ishanti Guest Conviction Darrell Milland 2004–2007 Grange Hill Taylor Mitchell Regular 2006 New Street Law Adam Lake Guest 2007 Waterloo Road Noel Parkin Dalziel and Pascoe Dean Bennett Shameless Luke Newman Doctors Sam Davies 6 episodes Casualty Marlon Miller Guest 2007–2008 Emmerdale Ryan Hayworth 5 episodes 2009 Waterloo Road Earl Kelly 8 episodes Paradox Carl Episode 5 The Bill Tyler Simmons Guest 2010 Father And Son Sean O'Connor 2011 Silk Mark Draper In with the Flynns Wayne Barton Guest Scott & Bailey Frank Goff Casualty Steve Baker 2012 Hit & Miss Levi Switch Aaron 2014–2015 Game of Thrones Mossador 3 episodes 2016 Houdini & Doyle Daniel Berry 2019 When They See Us Matias Reyes TV mini-series 2022 The Mysterious Benedict Society Marlon Recurring

Video games Year Title Role 2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Rion the Elementalist/Scout Pellane/Griffon Wing Keep Merchant/Herald's Rest Patron (voices)

Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire Young Collector at The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Moonfleece (2010) Link

Radio Drama Zola-Sex (2016) Paul Porcelain (2014) Divided We Fall (2010) Carl Craven (2009) Michael Chambers Stone (2009) Tyler Hyman Takeaway (2007) Des