Babou Ceesay

Babou Ceesay (born 1979) is a Gambian-English actor, He is known for his roles in Severance, A.D. The Bible Continues, National Treasure and Guerrilla.

Early life and education
Ceesay was born in London, England, and grew up in West Africa. He is a dual-national and is of Gambian descent. He trained at Oxford School of Drama. He has also been involved in many significant projects on stage include The Overwhelming opposite Andrew Garfield and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He studied Microbiology at Imperial College London and also worked as an internal auditor at accounting firm, Deloitte. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Career
Ceesay's first major role was in a Horror/comedy film, Severance after which he waited two years before he got a role on TV in an episode of Whistleblower. He then made guest appearance in multiple British TV shows including Silent Witness, Law & Order: UK, Casualty, Strike Back, Luther, Getting On and Lewis.

In 2013, he worked in the Nigerian film, Half of a Yellow Sun, alongside Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and another rising star, John Boyega. In 2014, he worked on '71 and in 2015, he was cast in NBC TV drama, A.D. The Bible Continues as John the Apostle. He also appeared in the thriller Eye in the Sky (2015) and the British action comedy Free Fire (2016), set in Boston, and starring Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, and Armie Hammer.

He made a return to television with a major role in the Channel 4 drama, National Treasure as Jerome Sharp, Paul Finchley's (played by Robbie Coltrane) lawyer. He then signed up for and starred in a BBC One television movie, Damilola, Our Loved Boy, based on the murder of Damilola Taylor, a ten-year old Nigerian boy living in Peckham, London and the trial which followed. He played the role of the father, Richard Taylor for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor.

In August 2016, he was cast in the British miniseries, Guerrilla, alongside Idris Elba and Freida Pinto.