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name: "Danny Sapani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-sapani"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:03.253260+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."
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# Danny Sapani

Actor. Born 15 November 1970 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 November 1970, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Daniel Sapani, 丹尼·萨帕尼, ダニー・サパニ

## Biography

Danny Sapani is a British actor. Born in London on 15 November 1970 to Ghanaian parents, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after first pursuing acting at the Weekend Arts College in Kentish Town.

He is known for television roles including Tony Morecombe in *Misfits* (2009–2010), Sembene in *Penny Dreadful* (2014–2015), Colonel Manton in *Doctor Who* (2011), President Nkrumah in *The Crown* (2016) and Jacob Keyes in *Halo* (2022–2024). Film appearances include Nate in *Trance* (2013), a medical frigate captain in *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), a border tribe elder in *Black Panther* (2018) and its sequel (2022), and Kambili Kalu in *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024). Sapani has also worked extensively in theatre.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Kambili 'KB' Kalu - 'The Prince of Fernando Po' — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)

## Also known for

- *Black Panther* (2018), Border Tribe Elder
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), Medical Frigate Captain
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), Border Tribe Elder
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Colonel Manton
- *Halo* (2022), Jacob Keyes
- *Trance* (2013), Nate
- *The Amateur* (2025), Caleb
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Sembene

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