
David Gyasi
Department: Acting
Biography
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).
Known For

Shooting Dogs
2006

Inside 'Interstellar'
2015

ear for eye
2021

Cloud Atlas
2012

Interstellar
2014

Shoot the Messenger
2006

The Dark Knight Rises
2012

The Whale
2013

Annihilation
2018

Panic
2016

Hunter Killer
2018

Red Tails
2012

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019

What a Girl Wants
2003

Hell on the Border
2019

Cold Blood
2019

Pulsar
2018

Come Away
2020

The Bard
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USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom
2007

Sycoraxe
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.357
2005

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
2025

Belonging
2000

Law & Order: UK
2009

Apparitions
2008

Mike Bassett: Manager
2005

White Heat
2012

Doctor Who
2005

Containment
2016

Waking the Dead
2001

Troy: Fall of a City
2018

Casualty
1986

The Diplomat
2023

Man in an Orange Shirt
2017

The Sandman
2022

Carnival Row
2019

The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
2022

Torchwood
2006

The A Word
2016

Holby City
1999

Murderland
2009

Demons
2009

Doctors
2000

Doctors
2000

Silent Witness
1996

New Street Law
2006

Coming Up
2003

Dream Team
1997

The Bill
1984

The Brief
2004

Sea of Souls
2004

William and Mary
2003

Murder City
2004