Portrait of Gbenga Akinnagbe

Acting

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Career

Active from 2005 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Savages
The Savages
GoodWatch score79/100

Characters

4

The characters Gbenga Akinnagbe played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gbenga Akinnagbe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 7
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Gritty Realism 4
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Bleak 2
  • Intense 2
  • Dysfunctional Family 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Dreams of the Moon
Dreams of the Moon

as Tunde

2020s

18 titles · average score 62
The Social Reckoning
The Social Reckoning (2026)
GoodWatch score 57

as Andy

Trail of Vengeance
Trail of Vengeance (2025)
GoodWatch score 45

as John Scobell

A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

as Major General Steven Kyle

Asphalt City
Asphalt City (2024)
GoodWatch score 52

as Verdis

The Thicket
The Thicket (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as Eustace

Rob Peace
Rob Peace (2024)
GoodWatch score 69

as Carl

Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

as Beggar

The Old Man
The Old Man (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Julian Carson

Passing
Passing (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dave

Pitch Black Panacea
Pitch Black Panacea (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Carl (voice)

FBI: Most Wanted
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as James Johnson

Power Book II: Ghost
Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Ron Samuel Jenkins

2010s

44 titles · average score 60
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
GoodWatch score 56

as Samuel Kingsley

Evil
Evil (2019)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Lando Mutabazi

All the Devil's Men
All the Devil's Men (2018)
GoodWatch score 31

as Samuelson

The Hammer
The Hammer (2017)
GoodWatch score 46

as George

Chicago Med
Chicago Med (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as David Goodwin

Madam Secretary
Madam Secretary (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Chris Santumari

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Boukman Baptiste

Home
Home (2013)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jack Hall

Big Words
Big Words (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as James

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Jeremy Lopez

Overnight
Overnight (2012)
GoodWatch score 44

as TMJ

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Pierre

2000s

15 titles · average score 69
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Pastor Isaiah Easton

Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Kelly Slater

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
GoodWatch score 56

as Wallace, hostage

Fringe
Fringe (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Akim

The Savages
The Savages (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jimmy

Damages
Damages (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Walid Cooper

Barbershop
Barbershop (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Yinka

They're Made Out of Meat
They're Made Out of Meat (2005)
GoodWatch score 67

as Merlin

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Ben Ellis

Cold Case
Cold Case (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Victor Nash

The Wire
The Wire (2002)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Chris Partlow

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Erik Ritter

1990s

1 title · average score 73
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Father Biobaku / Elijah Okello