T-Bone Wilson

T-Bone Wilson is a Guyanese-British actor, dramatist and poet.

Life Wilson came to England from Guyana in 1962 as an engineering student. Deciding to take up drama, he trained at the Mountview Theatre School. Wilson acted in Mustapha Matura's series of short plays, Black Pieces, Wilson was inspired to become a playwright himself, writing Jumbie Street March, Body and Soul (1974) and Come Jubilee (1977). Jumbie Street March was produced by the Dark and Light Theatre Company.

As a theatre actor, Wilson performed in the National Theatre's 1981 production of Measure for Measure, the first main-stage Shakespeare by a national theatre company to employ a majority of ethnic minority actors. He played Banquo in a 1984 production of Macbeth at the Young Vic Theatre.

Wilson appeared in the 1979 television drama A Hole in Babylon, based on events leading up to the 1975 Spaghetti House siege. He also appeared in Franco Rosso's 1980 film Babylon, which portrayed sound system culture and racism in Brixton.

Writing

Poetry

Plays

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1975 Pressure Junior Released 1978 1977 Black Joy Shark 1980 Babylon Wesley 1982 Prime Suspect 2

Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 The Melting Pot 1979 Play for Today Frank Davies Series 10, Episode 7 "A Hole in Babylon"

Stage Year Title Role Venue Notes 1970s Jumbie Street March Keskidee Arts Centre Also playwright 1981 Measure for Measure First Gentleman National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre 1984 Macbeth Banquo Young Vic Theatre