Personal Info
Birth date
1980-01-02 (45 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Also known as
David Kwaku Asamoah Gyasi
دیوید جیاسی
David Gyasi
Biography
A British actor. He is best known for his roles in Cloud Atlas (2012) and Interstellar (2014), as well as the lead role of Lex Carnahan in The CW miniseries Containment.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.5
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Waking the Dead
7.2
Overview:
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.Interstellar
8.455
Overview:
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.Carnival Row
7.701
Overview:
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.The Sandman
7.9
Overview:
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.Torchwood
7.319
Overview:
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.The Diplomat
7.539
Overview:
In the midst of an international crisis, a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job she’s unsuited for, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.Law & Order: UK
6.9
Overview:
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.Troy: Fall of a City
5.9
Overview:
A rich story of love, intrigue, betrayal and belonging told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege of Troy.Man in an Orange Shirt
7.6
Overview:
A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War 2, and to Adam and Steve in the present day.Belonging
NYR
Overview:
Belonging is an English-language Welsh television drama series, produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC One Wales. The programme revolved around the lives of the Lewis family, and their various trials and tribulations in the changing environment of their South Wales town Bryncoed and modern Wales. The programme began in 1999, and its ninth and final series started in April 2008 and ended in June. A one-off ten-year anniversary special was broadcast on 16 April 2009, centring around a reunion of the Lewis family.Containment
6.749
Overview:
An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes.The Dark Knight Rises
7.785
Overview:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
7.526
Overview:
Caught between two warring clans, the son of a notorious witch responsible for a deadly massacre tries to find his place in the world — and his powers.Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
7.303
Overview:
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.Annihilation
6.427
Overview:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.Mike Bassett: Manager
7.8
Overview:
The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.Hunter Killer
6.89
Overview:
Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war.Cloud Atlas
6.886
Overview:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.What a Girl Wants
6.3
Overview:
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.Apparitions
7.141
Overview:
Apparitions is a BBC drama about Father Jacob Myers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, played by Martin Shaw, who examines evidence of miracles to be used in canonisation but also performs exorcisms. As he learns, Jacob's duties run deeper than just sending demons back to Hell; he later must prevent them all from escaping. Unlike most portrayals of exorcism and spirit possession in fiction, Apparitions is more religiously accurate and fact-based, incorporating the nature of demonic possession as described by the Church. It also recounts historical events associated with Christianity and other Abrahamic religions, which may have been caused by Heaven or Hell, indicating that the War described in the Bible may not have fully concluded. The series is written by Joe Ahearne.White Heat
5.7
Overview:
In 1965, seven students meet and, despite being an assorted mix of people, become friends while they share a flat together in London. As time passes, their lives intertwine with each other as they feel the impact of political developments and the outbreak of war and disease.Red Tails
6.575
Overview:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.Cold Blood
5.272
Overview:
A legendary but retired hit man lives in peace and isolation in the barren North American wilderness. When he rescues a woman from a snowmobiling accident, he soon discovers that she's harboring a secret that forces him to return to his lethal ways.Come Away
5.816
Overview:
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.Hell on the Border
5.429
Overview:
In the late 1800s, legendary marshal Bass Reeves sets out on the trail of notorious outlaw Bob Dozier.Inside 'Interstellar'
6.9
Overview:
Cast and crew of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" discuss project origins, the film's imagery, ambitions, incorporating IMAX footage, the human element within the film, arm shooting locations outside of Calgary, the set construction and design, working with real corn, mechanical characters, including backstory, design, the blend of practical and digital effects in bringing them to life, the differences in the characters, the human performances behind the characters, the creative process behind the film's music, Icelandic locations, vehicle interiors, the processes of simulating the absence of gravity, the crucial end-film visuals and influence and inspiration for future generationsShooting Dogs
7.427
Overview:
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.The Whale
5.3
Overview:
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands - a thousand miles downwind to the west - or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland. Fear of cannibals forces them to choose South America. Almost three months later, the first whaler is rescued by another whaleship. Only three men are still alive. A week later the captain's whaler is also rescued, with just two men aboard. The third whaler is never found. This is a story of human endurance and what men in extremis will do to survive.Acting
2023The Diplomat (14 Episodes) as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison
2022The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (3 Episodes) as Marcus
2022The Sandman (1 Episode) as The Gray Cat (voice)
2021ear for eye as US Dad
2020Come Away as James Littleton / CJ
2019Hell on the Border as Bass Reeves
2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Percival
2019Carnival Row (18 Episodes) as Agreus Astrayon
2019Cold Blood as Malcolm
2018Hunter Killer as Cob Wallach
2018Pulsar as Jonah
2018Annihilation as Daniel
2018Troy: Fall of a City (8 Episodes) as Achilles
2017Man in an Orange Shirt (1 Episode) as Steve
2016Panic as Andrew Deeley
2016Containment (13 Episodes) as Alex 'Lex' Carnahan
2015Inside 'Interstellar' as Self - 'Romillin'
2014Interstellar as Romilly
2013The Whale as Richard Peterson
2012Cloud Atlas as Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte
2012The Dark Knight Rises as Skinny Prisoner
2012White Heat (6 Episodes) as Victor
2012Red Tails as Corporal
2009Law & Order: UK (1 Episode) as Unknown
2008Apparitions (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Torchwood (1 Episode) as Hospital Patient
2006Shoot the Messenger as Timothy
2006Shooting Dogs as François
2005Mike Bassett: Manager (6 Episodes) as Jeremy Hands
2005Doctor Who (1 Episode) as Harvey
2003What a Girl Wants as Ian's Band Member
2001Waking the Dead (2 Episodes) as Charlie Ayanike
2000Belonging (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Bryce