Jude Akuwudike – Cast – Mkhize
Jude trained at RADA and has since performed at some of the best theatres in the UK. His credits include Moon on a Rainbow Shawl directed by Michael Buffong for the National Theatre, The Faith Machine directed by Jamie Lloyd for the Royal Court, Great Expectations for the English Touring Theatre, Othello for Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Iya-Ile for Tiata Fahodzi/Soho Theatre, Walking Waterfall at Tiata Delights ’08, Almeida Theatre, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Uri at the Lyric Hammersmith, Anthony Nielson’s God in Ruins at the Soho Theatre; Macbeth and Macbett (RSC); The Overwhelming, Edmond and Henry V (National Theatre) and Pericles at The Globe. Jude is currently about to start rehearsing for The Crucible at The Bristol Old Vic for the role of Reverend Parris.
On television, Jude recently starred in Channel 4’s Cucumber, the UK version of Law & Order, Joe Penhall’s Moses Jones and The #1 Ladies Detective Agency (BBC). Other television credits include The Last Detective, Silent Witness, Roger Roger, Land of Dreams, The Bill and Between the Lines. Jude has just finished filming a role in Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, as well as a supporting role in Undercover for ITV alongside Sophie Okonedo.
Jude’s film credits include Beasts of No Nation, The Tempest, Touched By A Stranger, Whisper the Way of the Child, Sahara and A World Apart.
Jude has also done extensive work for BBC Radio, including a long run in the World Service’s Resident President and Westway.
