Tendayi Jembere is a British actor of

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origin who is best known for his part in the 2003 television show '' Kerching!'', where he played the character of Seymour, the best friend of lead character Taj Lewis.

Biography

He grew up in East London. Tendayi Jembere's first television part was in the

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sitcom ''Kerching!'' where he played the main character's best friend, Seymour, a cooking expert and the junior partner of the successful company RudeBoy. He owned 1% of Rudeboy's takings which were in the thousands by that period of time in the show's history. ''Kerching'' has so far run for more than four series and has been repeated on the

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Career

''Kerching!''

Fourteen-year-old Taj Lewis is hoping to make his family a million pounds, and to this end has launched a website under the name 'rude boy'. His family and pals are Seymour and Danny, his best friends; Missy, his big sister; Kareesha, her best friend; Ricardo, Taj's rival; and Tasmin, Ricardo's girlfriend. Completing the main line-up are Taj's little brother Omar and their single mum, who works as a nurse.

Other roles

* ''Mr Harvey Lights a Candle'' (2005), a TV series where Jembere played the character of Sid Williams. * 2007 - Michael Baxter in ''

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''. * 2007 - Jembere was in ''

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'', where the viewers decide what happens next through voting online or text via mobile phone. He played a character called "Minus". * 2008 - appeared in ''Angel House'' by Roy Williams,

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and touring. * 2011 - Jembere appeared as Chuggs in ''

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'' by Vivienne Franzmann at the Royal Exchange in

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then at the Lyric Theatre in

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. * 2012 - appeared in '' The Kitchen'' by

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. * 2013 - Romeo in a children's production of ''

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'' at the National Theatre. * 2014 - appeared in ''The Saints'', Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. * 2016 - appeared in ''

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'' at the

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References

External links

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''Kerching'' info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jembere, Tendayi English male television actors English people of Zimbabwean descent Black British male actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)