O-T Fagbenle

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O-T Fagbenle also known as 'O-T' and 'OT' is a British actor. He has appeared in several films, stage and television productions.

Born in London, England to a Nigerian father and a British mother. Fagbenle moved to Spain as a child and started learning the alto saxophone. Within a year he had started playing for the South Coast Jazz Band and toured the Edinburgh Festival. He moved back to England where he continued to perform as a musician in big bands performing at the Wembley Arena and the Royal Albert Hall.

He started acting at the age of 14 for the Tiata Fahodzi African Theatre Company and was given the lead role in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, performing at international venues and at central London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated early to make his graduate debut at the Royal Exchange Theatre in 'Le Blanc’s in 2001.

Fagbenle continued his Shakespearean beginnings performing in Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio in a national tour culminating at the Hong Arts Festival 2004. Later in 2004, he was awarded the M.E.N. Theatre award for best actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Sidney Poitier's son in John Guare's award-winning play Six Degrees of Separation.

More recently, O-T Fagbenle portrayed Sean, an American television star who has an on-screen relationship with Stacey Dash, the self-obsessed Brianna in Amy Heckerling's I could never be your woman. O-T has also appeared in Academy award-winning director, Anthony Minghella's 2006 movie, Breaking and Entering with Jude Law and Juliette Binoche.

O-T Fagbenle stars in a new sitcom for the BBC called Grownups and the British cult series Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.

O-T Fagbenle has also been honored by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (patroned by Queen Elizabeth II) by being included in the '100 faces of R.A.D.A' along with Sir Anthony Hopkins, [Clive Owen]] and Sir John Gielgud.

In October 2006 Fagbenle was greeted with critical acclaim for his performance in (Tony Award winning) Trevor Nunn's, World Premiere of ‘Porgy and Bess The Musical’. Following Cab Calloway in the opera and Sammy Davis Jr. in the feature film O-T Fagbenle played the infamous role of Sportin' Life, at The Savoy Theatre in Londons West End. London's 'The Guardian called his performance 'magnificent'.