Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, before going onto a successful stage career. In the summer of 2002 he was the youngest person in history to play the title role in William Shakespeare's "King Lear", and won the Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for his performance in "Othello."

Anozie was hired in 2006 to provide the voice for the armoured bear Iorek Byrnison in the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's "Northern Lights." Anozie also played small roles as Think Tank in Guy Ritchie's film "RocknRolla" and Frank Mace in Joe Wright's "Atonement."

He played the lead in Cass a 2008 British crime drama film recreating the life of Cass Pennant. In 2009, he appeared in the supporting cast of the BBC TV three part 2003 Iraq War drama, "Occupation", where he played a US Marine turned private military contractor.

In 2011, he played Artus, a Zamoran pirate and close friend of Conan, in "Conan the Barbarian." That year, he was also cast to play the role of Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and was cast as Jackson Burke in "The Grey."

Most recently, he was cast as Abraham Kenyatta in CBS' new series, "Zoo," based on the novel by James Patterson. The drama/thriller series is about a scientist, played by James Wolk, searching to find out what's causing a rash of violent animal attacks.