---
name: "Fisayo Akinade"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fisayo-akinade"
fi1m_id: "fisayo-akinade"
imdb_id: "nm6160535"
tmdb_id: 1611987
wikidata_id: "Q22249990"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 December 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T00:55:52.390865+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."
---

# Fisayo Akinade

## Identity

Fisayo Akinade

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fisayo-akinade
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fisayo-akinade
- **IMDb ID:** nm6160535
- **TMDB ID:** 1611987
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22249990
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisayo_Akinade, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22249990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6160535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611987

Actor. Born 28 December 1987 in Hackney, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 December 1987, Hackney, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Fisayo, 피사요 아키나데
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $14m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisayo_Akinade, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22249990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6160535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611987

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with All the Gifts*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) (75)

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## Biography

Fisayo Akinade is an English actor. He was born on 28 December 1987 in Liverpool and trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Akinade's television breakthrough came in 2015 with the role of Dean Monroe in the Channel 4 series *Cucumber* and its companion *Banana*. In film he played Kieran Gallagher in *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016). He is also known for portraying Mr Ajayi in the Netflix series *Heartstopper* (2022–).

His stage work includes appearances at the National Theatre, such as Reverend Hale in *The Crucible*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Heartstopper* (2022), Fi1m 79, as Mr Ajayi — [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Markham — [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Clive Otunde — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, as Kieran Gallagher — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Heartstopper Forever* (2026), as Mr. Ajayi
- *Goodbye June* (2025), as Nurse Angel
- *Grow* (2025), as Kevin
- *National Theatre Live: The Crucible* (2023), Actor
- *Heartstopper* (2022), series, as Mr Ajayi — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)
- *Showtrial* (2021), series, as Felix Owusu
- *National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet* (2021), as Mercutio
- *Foundation* (2021), series, as Pelor, Eely Karvis — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *Martin's Close* (2019), as William
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), as Markham — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *The Isle* (2019), as Cailean Ferris
- *National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra* (2018), as Eros
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), series, as Clive Otunde — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles* (2018), as Samuel
- *National Theatre Live: Saint Joan* (2017), as The Dauphin
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), as Kieran Gallagher — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *Atlanta* (2016), series, as Khalil — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/atlanta.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2016), as Flute
- *Shakespeare Lives: The Works* (2016), as Iago
- *The Vote* (2015), as Jonathan Clarke
- *Banana* (2015), series, as Dean Monroe
- *Cucumber* (2015), series, as Dean Monroe
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, as Vod Supporter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as William
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Mercutio

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