---
name: "Tongayi Chirisa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tongayi-chirisa"
fi1m_id: "tongayi-chirisa"
imdb_id: "nm2475161"
tmdb_id: 105875
wikidata_id: "Q7821058"
roles: []
born: "8 August 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T20:08:26.891697+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."
---

# Tongayi Chirisa

## Identity

Tongayi Chirisa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tongayi-chirisa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tongayi-chirisa
- **IMDb ID:** nm2475161
- **TMDB ID:** 105875
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7821058
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongayi_Chirisa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7821058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2475161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105875

Actor. Born 8 August 1981 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 August 1981, Harare, Zimbabwe
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongayi_Chirisa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7821058, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2475161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105875

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Palm Springs*](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md) (78)

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## Biography

Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor and singer. He was born on 8 August 1981 in Harare and trained at AFDA, the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, after attending Lomagundi College.

He began his career in Zimbabwean television and film, winning the Best Actor for Film and Television Award for *Tanyaradzwa* (2005). Chirisa is known for roles including Man Friday in the series *Crusoe* (2008–2009), Father Nicholas in *The Jim Gaffigan Show* (2015–2016), Justin Bell in *iZombie* (2015–2019), Jerry Schlieffen in the film *Palm Springs* (2020), and the voice of Cheetor in *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023). He has also appeared in *The Good Doctor*, *Antebellum* (2020) and *Mayfair Witches* (2023–present), and received multiple NAMA Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), Fi1m 52, as Cheetor (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md)
- *Palm Springs* (2020), Fi1m 78, as Jerry — [page](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Rise* (2025), as Coach Tobias
- *Transformers: Rise of the Beasts* (2023), as Cheetor (voice) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts.md)
- *Courting Anathi* (2023), Actor
- *Mayfair Witches* (2023), series, as Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve
- *Next Exit* (2022), as Father Jack
- *The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11* (2022), as Agent Shaw
- *Trees of Peace* (2021), as Francois
- *Antebellum* (2020), as Eli / Professor Tarasai
- *Palm Springs* (2020), as Jerry — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md)
- *Another Life* (2019), series, as Richard Ncube
- *The Good Doctor* (2017), series, as Boyd Gaston
- *The Zim* (2017), as William Zimunya
- *Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word* (2016), as Thomas
- *iZombie* (2015), series, as Justin Bell
- *Whitney* (2015), as Gary Houston
- *Whipping Boy* (2014), as Olly 'Napalm' Harris
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, as Arthur Bernard
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Miles
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Don — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Interrogator
- *Skin* (2009), as Township Priest
- *Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past* (2008), as Hekule
- *Crusoe* (2008), series, as Friday
- *Zimbabwe* (2008), as Charles
- *Tanyaradzwa* (2007), Actor
- *Steal Away*, as Hiram Jackson
- *Chronos*, Actor

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