David Gyasi

Known for

Acting

Born

January 2, 1980 (age 46)

Birthplace

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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).

Best known work

Interstellar

2014

The Dark Knight Rises

2012

Annihilation

2018

Cloud Atlas

2012

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

Doctor Who

2005

The Sandman

2022

Hunter Killer

2018

What a Girl Wants

2003

Carnival Row

2019

Filmography

TBA
The Bard
as George Moses Horton
2025
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
as Self - Interviewee
2025
Sycoraxe
as Marlon, Co-Producer
2023
The DiplomatTV
as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (30 episodes)
2022
The Bastard Son & the Devil HimselfTV
as Marcus (3 episodes)
2022
The SandmanTV
as The Gray Cat (voice) (1 episode)
2021
ear for eye
as US Dad
2020
Come Away
as James Littleton / CJ
2019
Hell on the Border
as Bass Reeves, Executive Producer
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Percival
2019
Carnival RowTV
as Agreus Astrayon (18 episodes)
2019
Cold Blood
as Malcolm
2018
Hunter Killer
as Cob Wallach
2018
Pulsar
as Jonah
2018
Annihilation
as Daniel
2018
Troy: Fall of a CityTV
as Achilles (8 episodes)
2017
Man in an Orange ShirtTV
as Steve (1 episode)
2016
Panic
as Andrew Deeley
2016
ContainmentTV
as Alex 'Lex' Carnahan (13 episodes)
2016
The A WordTV
as Ben Chambers (6 episodes)
2015
Inside 'Interstellar'
as Self - 'Romillin'
2014
Interstellar
as Romilly
2014
One in Five
Executive Producer
2013
The Whale
as Richard Peterson
2012
Cloud Atlas
as Autua / Lester Rey / Duophsyte