Tongayi Chirisa

Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor known for playing Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past movie. He is experienced in theatre, film, and television, and is also an occasional singer.

Tongayi Chirisa
Born
Tongayi Arnold Chirisa

Zimbabwe
NationalityZimbabwean
Alma mater
OccupationActor, singer ,poet
Known forActing
Websitewww.tongayichirisa.com[1]

Education

Chirisa attended Lomagundi College.[2] He also studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Live Performance at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.[3]

Acting career

He played the part of "Detective Trevor Davies" in the popular Zimbabwean soapie Studio 263.[4] He also appeared in numerous feature films, the most well known being Tanyaradzwa in 2004, for which he won the Best Actor for Film and Television Award.[5] He has also featured in music videos and is a singer. He also starred in a serial radio drama Mopani Junction that was taken off air at the height of political turmoil in Zimbabwe. He has been nominated and won many NAMA Awards over the last five years. He recently played the lead in the comedy feature film Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past. He made a dramatic appearance in the mini-series Rough directed by British director, Andy Wilson, appeared in an international feature film Skin, directed by Anthony Fabian and co-starring Sam Neill, and played a lead in a local drama series Redemption for SABC 1. He played Man Friday on the NBC international television series Crusoe, based on the classic story Robinson Crusoe.[6] He also appeared in Sleepy Hollow based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. He played Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show (2017).[7] The Good Doctor appearance in Season 3

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Tanyaradzwa
2008 Ace of Hearts Tebsane Masa Short
2008 Zimbabwe Charles
2008 Skin Township Priest
2008 Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past Hekule
2009 Gargoyle Themba Short
2011 Geezas Sammy the Mouth
2013 Stand By Dee Short
2014 Whipping Boy Olly 'Napalm' Harris Short
2016 Happiness Is a Four-letter Word Thomas
2017 The Zim William Zimunya Short
2020 Palm Springs Jerry
2020 Antebellum Eli Stokes/Professor

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008–09 Crusoe Friday Main role
2009 Diamonds Oba Sewele TV film
2010 Mrs Mandela Arguing husband TV film
2010 Barack Obama's Cousin Barack Obama's Cousin TV miniseries
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Interrogator "Betrayal"
2012 American Horror Story: Asylum Miles "Dark Cousin"
2012 H+: The Digital Series African Soldier "African Aid", "Seeds"
2013 Sleepy Hollow Arthur Bernard "The Sin Eater"
2013 Gaffigan Father Nicholas Ngungumbane TV film
2015 Whitney Gary Houston TV film
2015–16 The Jim Gaffigan Show Father Nicholas Main role
2016 Mars Project Neil Cormack TV film
2017–2019 iZombie Justin Bell Recurring role (season 3), guest (seasons 4–5)
2018 Hawaii Five-0 Don "Kopi Wale No I Ka I'a A 'Eu No Ka Ilo"
2018 The Guest Book Kwame "2.5"
2020 The Good Doctor Kerryś Husband Guest (season 3 episode 11)

References
  1. https://tongayichirisa.com/
  2. "Chirisa traces journey to Hollywood". Zim News Blog. 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2017-10-28. I proceeded to ‘A’ Level (Lomagundi College)
  3. Quinn, Nicola (July 6, 2015). "Chirisa gains Hollywood fame". NewsDay. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  4. http://www.thezimbabwestandard.com/entertainment/14154.html
  5. "Tanyaradzwa" – via www.imdb.com.
  6. http://www.nbc.com/Crusoe/
  7. "Father Nicholas Ngugumbane/Tongayi Charisa/TV Land". TVLand. Retrieved September 22, 2015.


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