Charles Mnene
Known for ActingBorn 1985-12-11Nairobi, Kenya
Charles Mnene is a British film, television and stage actor.
Mnene's television appearances include guest roles in The Bill, Holby City, Doctors and the drama Ahead of the Class, with Julie Walters, plus several films and stage productions.
Read full bioShow less
His first screen experience was in Thomas Clay's The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, which caused a stir at Cannes International Film Festival in 2005. He also landed the role of Demetrios in Martha Fiennes' feature film Chromophobia. In 2006, Mnene stirred more controversy in the BAFTA award-winning drama Shoot the Messenger, alongside David Oyelowo and in 2008's Fallout, written by Roy Williams, in which he plays a gang leader who murders one of his classmates.
He has continued to appear in films, stage and television work, including Richard Jobson's New Town Killers, and in writer-director Paul Wilkins' 7 Lives.
Known for
The Informer
2019 · as Midas Jones
Chromophobia
2006 · as Demetrios
New Town Killers
2008 · as Sam
Ahead of the Class
2005 · as Carl
The Knife That Killed Me
2014 · as Goddo
Riding with Sugar
2020 · as Joshua
Shoot the Messenger
2006 · as Germal
7lives
2011 · as Ice
Macbeth
2018 · as Macduff
Honeytrap
2015 · as Gary
Exhale
2009 · as Joel