Actor Jimmy Akingbola chats about his career

18th April 2007

 

BLACK VOICES: JIMMY AKINGBOLA

The actor talks to Steven Luckie about his background, his career and roles in Baby Doll (Birmingham Rep), The People Next Door (Traverse), Blue/Orange (Sheffield Crucible) and The Cut (Donmar).

At the audition, I was playing it truthfully, but the accent was all over the place – I still got the part.