Tobi Bakare

Early life

Tobi Bakare was born in 1989 in London, England

Career

Bakare began his acting career in a French-African version of MacBeth on stage. In film he starred in both Kingsman movies, Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle as the main character, Eggsy's friend Jamal. He has done voice over work on the video game Assassin's Creed Origins.

For the television program Death in Paradise, which he started in 2015, he was cast as DS JP Hooper. After leaving the regular cast, he would return to do guest spots in subsequent years, the latest of which was in 2025.

Bakare started an acting service in 2016 called Wrought Artisan. The organization prepares up and coming actors to be working actors within the film and television industry. Tobi Bakare is of Nigerian descent.

He married his wife Prisca in 2014. They have 3 children.

While filming Death in Paradise, Bakare would spend 6 months out of the year living in Guadeloupe.

Selected filmography

Television

Outlander as Walter Woodcock Death In Paradise as J.P. Hooper The Tunnel as DC Chuks Akinade Silent Witness as Abdi The Bill as Anthony Watts Holby City as Semper Maynard

Film

KINGSMAN: GOLDEN CIRCLE as Jamal KINGSMAN: SECRET SERVICE as Jamal THE SOMNAMBULISTS as Man 5

Stage

Macbeth as Fleance