---
name: "Babou Ceesay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/babou-ceesay"
fi1m_id: "babou-ceesay"
imdb_id: "nm1959501"
tmdb_id: 41044
wikidata_id: "Q28039572"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-11T23:18:47.288907+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Babou Ceesay

## Identity

Babou Ceesay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/babou-ceesay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** babou-ceesay
- **IMDb ID:** nm1959501
- **TMDB ID:** 41044
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28039572
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babou_Ceesay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28039572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1959501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41044

Actor. Born 1 January 1979 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1979, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Baboucarr Alieu Ceesay, 巴布・希賽
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 75 (5), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 2, Thriller 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,078m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babou_Ceesay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28039572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1959501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41044

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*'71*](https://film.one/film/71.md) (82), [*National Treasure*](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Alien: Earth*](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md) (76)
- **Tubi:** [*Damilola, Our Loved Boy*](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md) (75)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Eye in the Sky*](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Babou Ceesay

> Babou Ceesay makes an impression through stillness, especially in ensembles that could easily encourage louder acting. We rate his restraint, and his television leads offer a useful way beyond the soldiers and authority figures of his film work.

As Kumi Morrow in *Alien: Earth* (2025), Babou Ceesay makes us pay attention by doing little. He and Essie Davis both make stillness count in Noah Hawley’s series, where the strangeness needs to be taken seriously. We were horrified by the new creatures, and the cast’s seriousness helped make them frightening. Sydney Chandler carries the programme, but Ceesay shows how much an actor can contribute without demanding the same attention.

Soldiers and figures of authority recur in his film work. He is the Corporal in Yann Demange’s *'71* (2014), then Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq in *Eye in the Sky* (2015). The former is a film we recommend for its clear, punishing action and Jack O’Connell’s frightened central performance. Its plotting grows too convenient, but Ceesay fits an ensemble built to make the danger convincing. It is an effective use of him, even if it does not ask him to carry the film.

Television has increasingly given him that responsibility. In *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* (2016), he plays Richard Taylor, a father under pressure; John Ridley’s *Guerrilla* (2017) gives him the lead role of Marcus Hill. The convincing father in *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* suggests why casting him only for authority would be limiting. *We Hunt Together* (2020–22) and *Wolfe* (2021) continue the move towards television leads.

His restraint works best when there is already something on screen worth watching closely. *Alien: Earth* has that in its creatures and its serious-minded cast, but it slackens when the dialogue turns to what makes a person. Ceesay cannot make those stretches move faster simply by holding our attention. Try the series if science fiction is yours, with patience for the speeches.

## Biography

Babou Ceesay is a British actor. Born in London in 1978, he grew up in West Africa and holds dual British and Gambian citizenship. He studied microbiology at Imperial College London and worked as an internal auditor at Deloitte before training at the Oxford School of Drama.

His screen credits include the films *Eye in the Sky* (2015), *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), *Free Fire* (2017) and *The Best of Enemies* (2019). On television he has appeared in *Luther*, *Guerrilla* (2017) and *Into the Badlands* (2018–19) as Pilgrim, and played the title role in *Wolfe* (2021). In 2025 he took the lead role of Kumi Morrow in the series *Alien: Earth*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Kumi Morrow — [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* (2016), Fi1m 75, as Richard Taylor — [page](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md)
- *National Treasure* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Jerome Sharpe — [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, as Lieutenant Sefla — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), Fi1m 72, as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq — [page](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Corporal — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), series, as Kumi Morrow — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *Killer Heat* (2024), as George Mensah
- *Shardlake* (2024), series, as Abbot Fabian
- *Iris* (2024), as The Doctor
- *Wolfe* (2021), series, as Wolfe Kinteh
- *The Show* (2021), as Second Cabby
- *Resurrection* (2021), as John
- *We Hunt Together* (2020), series, as DI Jackson Mendy
- *Dark Money* (2019), series, as Manny Mensah
- *The Best of Enemies* (2019), as Bill Riddick
- *Guerrilla* (2017), series, as Marcus
- *Free Fire* (2017), as Martin
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), as Lieutenant Sefla — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Damilola, Our Loved Boy* (2016), as Richard Taylor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/damilola-our-loved-boy.md)
- *National Treasure* (2016), series, as Jerome Sharpe — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), series, as Pilgrim
- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/eye-in-the-sky.md)
- *A.D. The Bible Continues* (2015), series, as John
- *Puppy Love* (2014), series, as Dennis
- *'71* (2014), as Corporal — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Half of a Yellow Sun* (2013), as Okeoma
- *Shirley* (2011), as Henry Bassey
- *Stolen* (2011), as David
- *Strike Back* (2010), series, as Ozzy Osondu
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Adewale Omotoso — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Getting On* (2009), series, as Hansley
- *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, as Daniel Matoukou
- *Whistleblower* (2008), series, as Dr. Abdulrazzad
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as DC Alex Gray
- *Severance* (2006), as Billy
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as DS Gayle
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Jake Maddick — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Thai Black Tea*, as Lamin · Writer, Executive Producer

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