Sammi Rotibi is a
Nigerian-American
Nigerian Americans ( ig, Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà;
ha, Yan Najeriyar asalin Amurka;
yo, Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are an ethnic group of Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigr ...
film and television actor. His most notable roles are Rodney in ''
Django Unchained''
and General Amajagh in ''
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice''.
His acting idols are
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...
and
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic ...
.
Background
Rotibi was born and grew up in
Lagos, Nigeria. He attended schools in
Nigeria;
Miami, Florida; and
Los Angeles, California. He is the youngest child of a large family. He decided to become an actor at 18 while working as a part-time bank teller in Miami when a client who owned a talent-agency suggested it as a profession to him.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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American people of Nigerian descent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Male actors from Lagos
Nigerian male film actors
Nigerian male television actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century Nigerian male actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century Nigerian male actors
21st-century American male actors
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20th-century births