Gbenga Akinnagbe (born December 12, 1978) is an Nigerian American actor, best known for his role as Chris Partlow on the HBO original series The Wire. Read full biography of Gbenga Akinnagbe →
Don't hesitate or talk about what you want to do. Just do it.
Even if there isn't a God, I believe in the one we've created.
'Home' may be the best part and best movie I've ever had. I loved it.
I want to work with non-profits that stimulate growth to the community. Whether it is economic growth, intellectual, or freedom.
Me personally, I like to wear as few artificially made products as possible. That stuff affects us, one way or another.
My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.
'The Wire' was a combination of great TV and great theater.
When I was younger, I won a radio at a church raffle.
Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a... →
I did a movie called 'The Savages' with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, where I played a nurse, and it showed me in a different... →
I don't need to be someone famous or George Clooney. I don't need to be any of these people to get involved in my community or reach out to... →
I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my... →
I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality -... →
Gbenga Akinnagbe (born December 12, 1978) is an Nigerian American actor, best known for his role as Chris Partlow on the HBO original series The Wire.