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, ''

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'', 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 ''

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''. Noi also starred in the 2019 Emmy Nominated

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crime series '' When They See Us''.

Career

Noi started his career in

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film '' My Kingdom'', a modern day re-telling of

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's ''

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'' playing The Fool opposite

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'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 ''

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'' and '' Doctors'', where he played terminally-ill teenager Sam. Next came a recurring role in ''

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'' as

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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

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(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 ''

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'' and Tyler Simmons in ITV series ''

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'' in 2009. Noi starred alongside Sophie Okonedo and Dougray Scott in ITV four-part drama ''

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'', playing Sean O'Connor on

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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 ''

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''. In 2012, Noi appeared in ITV2 supernatural comedy ''

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'' alongside former '' EastEnders'' star

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. He featured on a number of popular UK roles before then appearing in ''

'' from 2014–2015 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

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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.

Filmography

TV

Video games

Theatre

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'' 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

References

External links

* * http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/reece-noi * http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/27438/moonfleece * http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1113:moonfleece-theatre-review&Itemid=27 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/off-west+end/E8831267808392/Moonfleece.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Noi, Reece English male television actors 1988 births Living people English male child actors Male actors from Manchester Black British male actors 21st-century English male actors 20th-century English male actors