Chukwudi Iwuji

About

Chukwudi Iwuji (; born 15 October 1975) is a Nigerian-British actor. He is an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is known for his roles as Clemson Murn / Ik Nobe Lok in the first season of the HBO Max superhero series Peacemaker, as The High Evolutionary in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and as Osita Halcrow in the Peacock show The Day of the Jackal (2024−present).

Iwuji was born in Nigeria to diplomat parents; he is one of five siblings. When Iwuji was 10 years old, his parents began working for the United Nations, and the family moved to Ethiopia.
At the age of 12 in 1987, Iwuji attended Caterham, a British public school. In 1993 when he was in the Upper Sixth Form, he was made Head Boy and was the first black pupil to be so in the school’s history.
After graduating, he attended Yale University, earning his undergraduate degree in economics in 1997. He obtained his MFA at the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2000. Subsequently, he returned to the UK.

Iwuji began to perform at the Royal Shakespeare…