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Sahr Ngaujah

Sahr Ngaujah

Michael Sahr Ngaujah (born September 7, 1976) is an American theater actor and director. Not long after his parents arrival from Sierra Leone via UK, Sahr was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Within five years his family relocated to Atlanta. He spent most of his early career working in experimental theater in Amsterdam. He made his breakthrough for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Fela Kuti in the 2009 Broadway musical Fela! He was nominated for his second Tony Award for his performance Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge! (2019). On screen, he is best known for his roles in ABC's Last Resort (2012) and Netflix's Luke Cage (2018).

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Filmography
Overwatch: Be the Hero poster
Overwatch: Be the Hero
2018 • Doomfist (voice) / Self
Vox Lux poster
Vox Lux
2018
Patti Cake$ poster
Patti Cake$
2017 • O-Z
Kensho at the Bedfellow poster
Kensho at the Bedfellow
2017 • Mosi
Money Monster poster
Money Monster
2016 • Yao Appiah COO
Farewell Meu Amor poster
Farewell Meu Amor
2016 • Walter
National Theatre Live: Fela! poster
National Theatre Live: Fela!
2011 • Fela
National Theatre Live: Fela! poster
National Theatre Live: Fela!
2011
The Jailhouse poster
The Jailhouse
2009 • Cash
The Signal poster
The Signal
2007 • Rod
Stomp the Yard poster
Stomp the Yard
2007 • Harold
Big Ain't Bad poster
Big Ain't Bad
2002 • Clay
First Time Felon poster
First Time Felon
1997 • Smiling Inmate (as Michael Ngaujah)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation poster
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1997 • D'Angelo