Toheeb Jimoh

Toheeb Gbolabo O. Jimoh^{[citation needed]} was born in Brixton, London,^[8] South London,^[9] to parents of Nigerian descent.^[10] He moved to Nigeria as a toddler and returned to London when he was seven.^[10]

He attended The Norwood School^[11] before going on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2018.^[12]

Jimoh was a relative newcomer to acting when he was cast to play Anthony Walker, the victim of a 2005 racist attack, in BBC One's Anthony,^[13] which imagines Walker's life if he had not been killed.^[14][15] His portrayal was called "utterly magnetic".^[16] He then portrayed Marcus in the Amazon series The Feed.^[17]

Jimoh was in a stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Sheffield Crucible^[16] and in 2020, was one of six performers in the Almeida Theatre's Christmas Play Nine Lessons and Carols, the theatre's first production post London's COVID-19 lockdown.^[18]

When Jimoh auditioned for Ted Lasso, the character of Sam Obisanya was written as Ghanaian, but his background was changed to Nigerian to match Jimoh's own.^[19][20] His performance has received praise, with his character called the "heartbeat" of the show.^[1]

Jimoh portrays another Nigerian character, journalist Tunde, in the Amazon thriller series The Power, based on Naomi Alderman's novel of the same name.^[21] He also has a small part in the Wes Anderson film The French Dispatch.^[15]

Jimoh played Romeo in a summer 2023 production of Romeo and Juliet at the Almeida Theatre in London.^[22]

In 2024, Jimoh played Hal in Player Kings, an adaption of Shakespeare's Henry IV part 1 and 2 by Robert Icke which also co-stars Ian McKellen and Richard Coyle.