
Ukweli Roach
Known For
Acting
Born
1986-09-22 in Derby, England
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)
Most Known For

Death in Paradise
as Archie Garwood

Blindspot
as Robert Borden

Grantchester
as Johnny Johnson

Humans
as Anatole

The Midwich Cuckoos
as Sam Clyde

One Day
as Rapper

Silk
as Jordan Sinclair

Annika
as DS Tyrone Clarke

StreetDance 3D
as Jay

Wolf
as Jack Caffery

Piglets
as Sergeant Mike Gunn

Eternal Law
as Thomas (Tom) Greening

Starlings

Romeo and Juliet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Tybalt

National Theatre Live: Bacchae
as Dionysos

Venus & the Sun
as Adam