Ukweli Roach (born September 1986) is an English actor, dancer, and choreographer, best known for playing the role of Jay in ''
StreetDance 3D'' (2010),
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...
psychiatrist Robert Borden, on the American television series ''
Blindspot'' (2015–2020), and Tyrone Clark on the crime drama series ''
Annika'' (2021–2022).
Career
Roach's film credits include: ''Venus & the Sun'', ''
StreetDance 3D'', ''Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet'', ''StreetDance: The Moves'', ''One Day'', ''
Eternal Law''. On television, Roach has appeared in ''
Monroe'', ''
Starlings'', ''
Drifters'', ''
Silk
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Grantchester
Grantchester () is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta (river), Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge.
Name
The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Granteset ...
'', ''
The Royals'', ''
Dickensian'', Anatole in TV series ''
Humans
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'', Robert Borden, an FBI psychiatrist on ''
Blindspot''.
In 2018, Roach starred as Pete in the play ''Nightfall'', which was staged at the
Bridge Theatre, London. In 2019, he performed in a London production of ''
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train'', staged at the
Young Vic.
In 2021, Roach starred as Tyrone Clark in the
Alibi crime drama ''
Annika''; On being on the production, Roach shared to ''
Scottish Field'': "It was a great chance to play a type of character I had not been asked to portray before. I'd never done a police procedural or been part of a team before, so Annika was a really good challenge for me. It was also a chance to work with an amazing cast. Nick's scripts were wonderful, too.
.. ey're quite hard-hitting, dark and gritty, but at the same time, they are light and warm." From 2023, Roach appears in ''
Wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
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Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
English male film actors
English male television actors
Black British male actors
English people of Ghanaian descent
Male actors from Derby
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