Nyasha Hatendi


Nyasha Hatendi is a Zimbabwean-British-American actor, director, writer and producer.

Early life and education

Hatendi was born on 14 September 1981 in Washington, D.C., US to the late David Hatendi, a Zimbabwean banker and Rhodes Scholar, and Angelina Hatendi. Hatendi grew up in three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. He attended Peterhouse Boys' School, an independent boarding school in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe for four years before moving to England where he finished his secondary education on scholarship at Eton College. He went on to study Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

Radio

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2008Paid ServantHardwickJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 4
2008Dickens ConfidentialVariousVariousBBC Radio 4
2008The Way We Live Right NowPaul MontagueJonquil PantingBBC Radio 4
2008The Incomparable WitnessGeorgeSasha YevtushenkoBBC Radio 4
2008ShredderAdamJane MorganBBC Radio 4
2008Listen to the WordsDerekJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 4
2008Piper AlphaVariousToby SwiftBBC Radio 3
2008The Portrait of a LadyEdward RosierTracey NealeBBC Radio 4
2008I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the ApocalypseVariousSam HoyleBBC Radio 4
2008One Chord Wonders: Television's OverTown ClerkToby Swift
2008The Black SheepBaruchBruce YoungBBC Radio 4
2008Tobias Smollett - The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerVariousMarc BeebyBBC Radio 4
2008The DigReid MoirJeremy MortimerBBC Radio 4
2008Old Peter's Russian TalesIvanJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 4
2009ScoopPaleologueSally Avens
2009Safety CatchJulius Dawn EllisBBC Radio 4
2009Statement of RegretIdrissaAlison HindellBBC Radio 4
2009The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Tea Time for the Traditionally BuiltPhudi RadiputiEilidh McCreadieBBC Radio 4
2009The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: The Seller of BedsPhudi RadiputiEilidh McCreadieBBC Radio 4
2010The Postman of Good HopeGrubSally AvensBBC Radio 4
2010The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: An Exceptionally Wicked LadyJoe BosilongGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
2010The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Canoeing for LadiesBoatmanGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
2011The WireDylanJonquil PantingBBC Radio 3
2011Brian Gulliver's TravelsJurorSteven Canny
2011The Lost WorldMaple WhiteMarilyn ImrieBBC Radio 4
2011The Secret GriefStowawaySally AvensBBC Radio 3
2011LeverageJamieSasha Yevtushenko
2011The FloodBootseyJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 3
2011Samson and DelilahGaryJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 3
2011David and GoliathJaseJessica DromgooleBBC Radio 3
2011The Mauritius CommandMidshipman George JohnsonBruce YoungBBC Radio 4
2011Ten Lessons in LoveYoung DavidJames RobinsonBBC Radio 4
2011Plantagenet: Series 2John HesselrigJessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
2011Hearing VoicesDavidEoin O'CallaghanBBC Radio 4
2011Serious MoneyTK, Nigel AjibalaEmma HardingBBC Radio 3
2011The Porlock PoisonerSamuel GondoDirk MaggsBBC World Service
2011Saint JoanBrother Martin Ladvenu, Gilles De Rais aka BluebeardJonquil PantingBBC Radio 4
2011The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: A Late Van Just GlimpsedMr MoetiGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
2011The Saturday Big Tent WeddingMr MoetiGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
2011Why Is the Sky So Blue?Mr. KachingweMarion Nancarrow
2012Sport and the BritishReaderGarth BrameldBBC Radio 4
2012Dickens in LondonAugustus MinnsBBC Radio 4
2012Sport and the British: Beating Us at Our Own GameReaderGarth BrameldBBC Radio 4
2012The Strand ArchiveReaderGemma JenkinsBBC World Service
2012CrisisVincentSara DaviesBBC Radio 4
2013The Limpopo Academy of Private DetectionLawyerGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4
2013Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart: Of Coke Dealers and CardiovertersNurse FarhanNick WalkerBBC Radio 4
2015The Cactus FlowerTendaiMarion NancarrowBBC World Service
201530 EggsEgg VendorGemma McMullanBBC Radio 4

Performances

Theatre

Awards and nominations