![]() ![]() This was part of Black British culture matters, curated by Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder for The Guardian Saturday Culture Issue No7. In November 2021, The Guardian published an article focusing on Harewood and actor Ricardo P Lloyd comparing both of their lives and careers and the struggles black British actors face in the UK. In October 2021, it was revealed that Harewood will make his feature directorial debut with For Whom The Bell Tolls, a boxing film about the rivalry between Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. Psychosis and Me, a documentary hosted and produced by Harewood received a BAFTA Television Award nominated for Single Documentary. Also in 2019, he played the position of goalkeeper for England in Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2019. ![]() Harewood was included in the 2019 edition of the Powerlist, ranking the 100 most influential Black Britons. The following year, for his performance in "Free in Deed", Harewood won Best Actor at the 2018 British Urban Film Festival awards. In 2017, Harewood was in London to attend the BT British Urban Film Festival at BT Tower. Since his character was revealed (in the episode Human for a Day) to be J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter posing as Henshaw, he portrays J'onn J'onzz with Henshaw's likeness as his human form and has a dual recurring role as the real Hank Henshaw / Cyborg Superman. In October 2015, he appeared as a core cast member on the CBS television series Supergirl as Hank Henshaw. In June 2014, he appeared in Tulip Fever. In October 2013, Harewood voiced an interactive video campaign for the British Lung Foundation aiming to ban smoking in cars with children on board in the United Kingdom. In May 2012, he presented a Party Election Broadcast for the British Labour Party. Also in 2011, he voiced Captain Quinton Cole in the video game Battlefield 3. After appearing in 24 episodes, his character was killed off in a bomb explosion at the end of season 2. įrom 2011, Harewood starred as David Estes, the director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, in the Showtime series Homeland. He played Frankenstein's monster in the TV live event Frankenstein's Wedding. He also starred in British independent film The Hot Potato, the film also starred Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney and Jack Huston. He narrated Welcome to Lagos, a BBC documentary about Lagos, Nigeria. He played Martin Viner in an episode of New Tricks. From June to September 2010, he played Theseus in the premiere of Moira Buffini's play Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre in London. Harewood next appeared in two episodes of Chris Ryan's Strike Back as Colonel Tshuma. in the premiere of The Mountaintop, written by American playwright Katori Hall, directed by James Dacre, which opened at Theatre503 in London on 9 June 2009. He appeared in the Doctor Who story " The End of Time". He played Brother Tuck in the third series of Robin Hood. In 2009, Harewood appeared in the BBC single drama Mrs Mandela, playing Nelson Mandela. He appeared in the BBC film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, both of which are titles from the Sally Lockhart Mysteries. In 2008, he played Major Simon Brooks in The Palace he also appeared (that December) on Celebrity Mastermind, with specialist subject Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. In 1997, he was the first black actor to play Othello at the National Theatre in London. He played Don Coleman in Hustle ( Series 7 The Fall of Railton FC (2011)). He is known for his television appearances on Ballykissangel, The Vice and Fat Friends. Harewood began acting in 1990 and has appeared in The Hawk, Great Moments in Aviation, Harnessing Peacocks, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Blood Diamond, The Merchant of Venice and Strings. At the age of 18, he gained a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In his youth, he worked at a wine bar in Birmingham city centre. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre. He attended St Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Academy. He has a sister, Sandra, and two brothers, Rodger and Paul. His father was a lorry driver, while his mother was a caterer. Harewood was born on 8 December 1965 in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, the son of a couple from Barbados who had moved to England in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his roles as CIA Counterterrorism Director David Estes in Homeland (2011–2012), and as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter and Hank Henshaw / Cyborg Superman in Supergirl (2015–2021). Recorded 2012, as part of an audio description of the Buxton Memorial Fountain for VocalEyesĭavid Harewood OBE (born 8 December 1965) is a British actor and presenter. ![]()
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