• Source: Kevin Mambo

      • Kevin Mambo (born June 29, 1972) is a Zimbabwean-Canadian actor and musician.
      He is best known for his role on the CBS Daytime serial Guiding Light in the role of Marcus Williams, which won him two Daytime Emmys and for his role as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in the Broadway production of the musical Fela!


      Early life


      Kevin Mambo was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An avid musician, he was in the church choir as a child and started playing piano at age 8, saxophone at age 10, and the guitar at age 19. He attended Aden Bowman Collegiate in Saskatoon and then Brentwood College School in Mill Bay, British Columbia. He studied Political Science and African History at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where he also took classes at the McGill Jazz Conservatory. Kevin then transferred to the University of Southern California where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.


      Career


      In 2015, Mambo appeared in the Billie Holiday Theatre production of Jackie Alexander's Brothers from the Bottom opposite Wendell Pierce. In 2014, Mambo starred as Barret Rude Jr. in the musical The Fortress of Solitude which premiered at the Dallas Theater Center and at The Public Theater in New York. The musical is based on Jonathan Lethem's, The Fortress of Solitude. Mambo has also appeared in The Book of Mormon as Mafala during the first National Tour (2012-2013) and as Chancellor in Danai Gurira's The Convert (directed by Emily Mann) in 2011–2012. He played Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in the Broadway production of the musical Fela! at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre., and appeared off-Broadway in Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Ruined at the Manhattan Theatre Club and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Hoodoo Love at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Once Around the Sun at the Zipper Factory Theater, and Fela Is a Weapon at the Shrine Theater. Film and television credits include Cadillac Records, Nina, Mistresses; Guiding Light (two-time Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series), One Life to Live, Soul Food, Any Day Now, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Deadline, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Spin City, Family Matters, Freshman Dorm, The Firing Squad, and One of Us Tripped.


      Filmography




      = Film

      =
      One of Us Tripped (1997) - Thomas
      The Firing Squad (1999) - Kane
      Cadillac Records (2008) - Jimmy Rogers
      Nina (2016) - Gilles
      Rustin (2023) - Whitney Young


      = Television

      =
      Freshman Dorm (1992) - Alex Woods
      Family Matters (1993) - Derek
      Guiding Light (1995–1998) - Marcus Williams
      One Life to Live (2003–2004) - Jordan Kingsley
      Luke Cage (2018) - Sheldon Shaw
      Hit & Run (2021) - Detective Newkirk


      = Videogames

      =
      Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - Pedestrian
      Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005) - Detective McMillan


      References




      External links


      Kevin Mambo at IMDb
      Kevin Mambo at the Internet Broadway Database
      Kevin Mambo at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
      Kevin Mambo Theatre Credits at Broadway.com
      Brian Scott Lipton, "Emmy Winners Kevin Mambo and Darnell Williams to Headline Blackout", Theater Mania, December 18, 2006.
      Kevin Mambo the Musician
      Broadway World Debut of the Month
      Kevin Mambo is Now Sole Title Player in Broadway's Fela!
      Conversations with Felicia: Kevin Mambo, Celebrating Fela!
      The Convert: Cast Interviews
      Kevin Mambo Wears ‘Great Shoes’ and Curses God Nightly in The Book of Mormon Tour
      Kevin Mambo, Broadway Actor, Joins Zoe Saldana In Nina Simone Biopic
      Free to be You and Me and Jonathan Lethem
      Fortress of Solitude and the Un-Suckification of Broadway Musicals
      Fortress of Memories Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
      Fortress of Solitude, Adapted from Jonathan Lethem's Book, Opens at the Public Theater
      Off-Broadway Review: Fortress of Solitude
      The 'Fortress of Solitude' Review: Moving Socio-Pop Musical
      Fortress of Solitude Soars at the Public

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: