Ryan Calais Cameron

Acting

Ryan Calais Cameron

Born May 22, 1988 · Tooting, South London, England, UK (age 38)

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HoneytrapHoneytrap · 2015
Honeytrap
4.72015
MovieRomanceDrama
Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, London, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
National Theatre Live: RetrogradeNational Theatre Live: Retrograde · 2025
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
10.02025
MovieDrama
Hollywood's so-called Golden Age. Ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract that could make him a star. But there's a catch. As he becomes entangled in events larger than he imagined, Sidney is forced to make an impossible choice – one that will reshape his future, the Civil Rights Movement, and the soul of a nation. From award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys...), exploring integrity, betrayal, and the personal cost of success, Retrograde asks what would you sacrifice to achieve your dream? Backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer,  Amit Sharma's 'perfectly pitched production' (Independent) features Ivanno Jeremiah (Constellations), Stanley Townsend (Kaos), and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).
The LineThe Line · 2014
The Line
6.02014
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A teenage girl and a young boy run for their lives to cross 'The Line', but are they running away from danger or towards it?
LutherLuther · 2010
Luther
7.92010
SeriesCrimeDrama
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.
The CoronerThe Coroner · 2015
The Coroner
6.32015
SeriesCrimeDrama
High-flying solicitor Jane Kennedy returns to the seaside town she left as a teenager to take up the post of coroner, becoming an advocate for the dead as she investigates sudden, violent or unexplained deaths.
The FlatshareThe Flatshare · 2022
The Flatshare
6.82022
SeriesDramaComedy
Tiffany and Leon are two cash-strapped twenty somethings who share a bed, but have never met. The question is, can you fall in love with someone you've never set eyes on?
BoardersBoarders · 2024
Boarders
5.62024
SeriesComedyDrama
Brace yourselves - the new kids are here. Five talented black scholarship students, and an elite private school with a reputation problem. One of them will have to change...
The InterceptorThe Interceptor · 2015
The Interceptor
5.82015
SeriesCrimeDrama
A gripping eight-part series about a state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. The Interceptor delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as the UNIT. Keeping their quarries under ultra-tight surveillance, they take us into the real world inhabited by the criminals of today. And it’s easy to recognize because it’s the same world the rest of us inhabit.

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National Theatre Live: RetrogradeNational Theatre Live: Retrograde · 2025
National Theatre Live: Retrograde
10.02025
MovieDrama
Hollywood's so-called Golden Age. Ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract that could make him a star. But there's a catch. As he becomes entangled in events larger than he imagined, Sidney is forced to make an impossible choice – one that will reshape his future, the Civil Rights Movement, and the soul of a nation. From award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys...), exploring integrity, betrayal, and the personal cost of success, Retrograde asks what would you sacrifice to achieve your dream? Backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer,  Amit Sharma's 'perfectly pitched production' (Independent) features Ivanno Jeremiah (Constellations), Stanley Townsend (Kaos), and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).

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