Adetunji "Tunji" Kasim is a Scottish - Nigerian actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Bailey in '' Nearly Famous'' (on E4), Hugo Scott, an art teacher in ''

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'', and Ned Nickerson in The CW's ''

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''. In 2009, he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Awards drama award for ''

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'' (with the RSC).

Early life and education

He was born in

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, but moved to

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soon after birth. He lived there until he was 12, and then the family moved back to Aberdeen and spent his teenage years in

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. His mother is

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, a primary school teacher raised on a farm in Auchenblae and his father is

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, a research fellow and lecturer at Aberdeen University, having previously studied there for his

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in economics. His first thoughts of a career were of being a boxer or a dishwasher. He then studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in

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, which is now called

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Filmography

Theatre

Film

Television

References

External links

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at the National Theatre {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasim, Tunji Male actors from Aberdeen Living people Scottish male television actors Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scottish people of Nigerian descent 1987 births 21st-century Scottish male actors