---
name: "Simon Manyonda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-manyonda"
fi1m_id: "simon-manyonda"
imdb_id: "nm3625907"
tmdb_id: 1537684
wikidata_id: "Q64010398"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T00:03:03.347425+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."
---

# Simon Manyonda

## Identity

Simon Manyonda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-manyonda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-manyonda
- **IMDb ID:** nm3625907
- **TMDB ID:** 1537684
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64010398
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Manyonda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3625907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537684

Actor. Born 1 January 1986 in West Norwood, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1986, West Norwood, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $31m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Manyonda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3625907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537684

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rye Lane*](https://film.one/film/rye-lane.md) (78)

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## Biography

Simon Manyonda is a British actor. Born in 1986 in London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating a term early to join a Royal National Theatre production of Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes directed by Richard Eyre.

Manyonda is known for roles including Kabel in Doctor Who (2015), Benjamin De Ruyter in His Dark Materials (2019), Lucius Fox in Pennyworth (2020–2022), Nathan in Rye Lane (2023) and Jackson in Eric (2024). His film credits also include The Current War (2018), In Fabric (2018) and The Witches (2020). He received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for his 2012 performance as Lucius in Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Company and serves as a board member for Theatre Peckham.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rye Lane* (2023), Fi1m 78, as Nathan — [page](https://film.one/film/rye-lane.md)
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Fi1m 54, as Sous Chef — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Jawbone* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Housing Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/jawbone.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Eric* (2024), series, as Jackson
- *Northern Comfort* (2023), as Charles
- *Rye Lane* (2023), as Nathan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rye-lane.md)
- *Bank of Dave* (2023), as Oscar
- *Poison Arrows* (2022), as Charlie Dee
- *Harold & Mary* (2022), as Gareth
- *Come* (2021), as Finn
- *Undergods* (2021), as Reed The Estate Agent
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), as Sous Chef — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Van der Valk* (2020), series, as Vito Vinke
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Benjamin De Ruyter
- *Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler* (2019), series, as Lucius Fox
- *The Bay* (2019), series, as D.S. Alexander Stewart
- *Alex's Dream* (2018), as Lost Man
- *In Fabric* (2018), as Neal the Deal
- *King Lear* (2018), as Duke of Burgundy
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Moses Abiola
- *The Current War* (2018), as Lewis Latimer
- *National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles* (2018), as Tanaka / Fiifi
- *Jawbone* (2017), as Housing Officer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/jawbone.md)
- *Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories* (2016), series, as Dr N. Owen, Gordon
- *Level Up Norge* (2016), series, as Cren (voice) (uncredited)
- *Off the Page: Groove Is in the Heart* (2014), as Jon
- *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2014), as Oswald
- *Suspects* (2014), series, as Lewis
- *Uncle* (2014), series, as Luca
- *Julius Caesar* (2012), as Lucius
- *Whitechapel* (2009), series, as DO Sean Pinchin
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Kabel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Tommy Bevan
- *The Roots Manœuvre*, Actor

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