David Gyasi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1980-01-02 (age 46)

From: Hammersmith, London, England, UK

David Kwaku Asamoah Gyasi (born January 2, 1980) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Cloud Atlas (2012) and Interstellar (2014). On television, he played the lead role of Lex Carnahan in The CW miniseries Containment (2016), Argeus in Carnival Row (2019 - 2023), and Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison in The Diplomat (2023 - present).

Filmography (53)

MOVIE
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025
as Self - Interviewee
TV★ 7.6
The Diplomat
2023
as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison
TV★ 7.3
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
2022
as Marcus
TV★ 7.9
The Sandman
2022
as The Gray Cat (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
ear for eye
2021
as US Dad
MOVIE★ 5.8
Come Away
2020
as James Littleton / CJ
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hell on the Border
2019
as Bass Reeves
MOVIE★ 7.3
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Percival
TV★ 7.7
Carnival Row
2019
as Agreus Astrayon
MOVIE★ 5.3
Cold Blood
2019
as Malcolm
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hunter Killer
2018
as Cob Wallach
MOVIE★ 4.3
Pulsar
2018
as Jonah
MOVIE★ 6.4
Annihilation
2018
as Daniel
TV★ 5.8
Troy: Fall of a City
2018
as Achilles
TV★ 7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Steve
MOVIE★ 3.3
Panic
2016
as Andrew Deeley
TV★ 6.8
Containment
2016
as Alex 'Lex' Carnahan
TV★ 7.9
The A Word
2016
as Ben Chambers
MOVIE★ 6.9
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015
as Self - 'Romillin'
MOVIE★ 8.5
Interstellar
2014
as Romilly
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Whale
2013
as Richard Peterson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cloud Atlas
2012
as Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Skinny Prisoner
TV★ 5.7
White Heat
2012
as Victor
MOVIE★ 6.6
Red Tails
2012
as Corporal
TV★ 5.8
Murderland
2009
as Will
TV★ 7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
as Lennie Gaines
TV★ 6.4
Demons
2009
as Physics Teacher
TV★ 7.2
Apparitions
2008
as Father Daniel
MOVIE★ 9.0
USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom
2007
as Lokua
TV★ 7.3
Torchwood
2006
as Hospital Patient
TV★ 6.6
New Street Law
2006
as DI Farnsworth
MOVIE★ 5.4
Shoot the Messenger
2006
as Timothy
MOVIE★ 7.5
Shooting Dogs
2006
as François
TV★ 7.8
Mike Bassett: Manager
2005
as Jeremy Hands
MOVIE★ 9.0
.357
2005
as Kameron
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Harvey
TV★ 7.0
The Brief
2004
as DS Kitson
TV★ 7.6
Murder City
2004
as Reporter 2
TV★ 8.0
Sea of Souls
2004
as Lucas Hegarty
TV★ 5.7
Coming Up
2003
as Marlon
MOVIE★ 6.3
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Ian's Band Member
TV★ 6.7
William and Mary
2003
as Policeman
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Charlie Ayanike
TV★ 4.8
Doctors
2000
as Joe Fisher
TV★ 8.0
Belonging
2000
TV★ 5.8
Holby City
1999
as Moses Abebe
TV★ 7.5
Dream Team
1997
as Marlon Baldon
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
as DS Ian Cross
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Bryce
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
as Jason Fielding
MOVIE
Sycoraxe
—
as Marlon
MOVIE
The Bard
—
as George Moses Horton