Ukweli Roach
Ukweli Roach (born September 1986) is an English actor, dancer and choreographer best known for playing the role of Jay in StreetDance 3D, FBI psychiatrist Robert Borden, on the American television series Blindspot, and Tyrone Clark on the crime drama series Annika.

Career 
Roach's film credits include: Venus & the Sun, StreetDance 3D, Shakespeare's Globe: Romeo and Juliet, StreetDance: The Moves, One Day, Eternal Law. On television, Roach has appeared in Monroe, Starlings, Drifters, Silk, Grantchester, The Royals, Dickensian, Anatole in TV series Humans, Robert Borden, an FBI psychiatrist on Blindspot.

In 2018, Roach starred as Pete in the play Nightfall, which was staged at the Bridge Theatre, London. In 2019, he performed in a London production of Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, staged at the Young Vic.

In 2021, Roach starred as Tyrone Clark in the Alibi crime drama Annika; On being on the production, Roach shared to Scottish Field: "It was a great chance to play a type of character I had not been asked to portray before. I’d never done a police procedural or been part of a team before, so Annika was a really good challenge for me. It was also a chance to work with an amazing cast. Nick’s scripts were wonderful, too. [...] [t]hey’re quite hard-hitting, dark and gritty, but at the same time, they are light and warm." From 2023, Roach appears in Wolf.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links
 

1986 births
Living people
English male television actors
Black British male actors
Male actors from Derbyshire
English people of Ghanaian descent