Ukweli Roach
Biography
Training
Ukweli Roach trained at RADA.
Theatre
For the National Theatre: Bacchae
Other theatre includes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic; Nightfall at the Bridge; 5, 6, 7, 8 (Rough Cuts) at the Royal Court; and Romeo and Juliet and Helen at Shakespeare’s Globe
TV
Piglets, Big Mood, Wolf, Annika, The Midwich Cuckcoos, Humans (season three), Hard Sun, Blindspot, Dickensian, The Royals, Grantchester, Silk (season three), Drifters, Starlings, Monroe (season two) and Eternal Law
Film
One Day, Venus and the Sun and StreetDance 3D
(Published September 2025)
Known For

TV
Grantchester
Johnny Johnson
2014

TV
Death in Paradise
Archie Garwood
2011

TV
Blindspot
Robert Borden
2015

TV
Humans
Anatole
2015

TV
Silk
Jordan Sinclair
2011

TV
The Midwich Cuckoos
Sam Clyde
2022

TV
Annika
DS Tyrone Clarke
2021

TV
Wolf
Jack Caffery
2023

Film
One Day
Rapper
2011

TV
Piglets
Sergeant Mike Gunn
2024

TV
Starlings
2012

Film
StreetDance 3D
Jay
2010

TV
Eternal Law
Thomas (Tom) Greening
2012

Film
Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Tybalt
2010

Film
Venus & the Sun
Adam
2011

Film
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
Dionysos
2025
Filmography
2025FilmNational Theatre Live: Bacchaeas Dionysos2024TVPigletsas Sergeant Mike Gunn2023TVWolfas Jack Caffery2022TVThe Midwich Cuckoosas Sam Clyde2021TVAnnikaas DS Tyrone Clarke2015TVBlindspotas Robert Borden2015TVHumansas Anatole2014TVGrantchesteras Johnny Johnson2012TVStarlings2012TVEternal Lawas Thomas (Tom) Greening2011TVDeath in Paradiseas Archie Garwood2011FilmVenus & the Sunas Adam2011FilmOne Dayas Rapper2011TVSilkas Jordan Sinclair2010FilmStreetDance 3Das Jay2010FilmRomeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globeas Tybalt
