Damson Idris Biography

He played football and dreamed of being the next Cristiano Ronaldo. He also played rugby and in 2002 he shook the hand of Queen Elizabeth II when his team took part in her Golden Jubilee. Idris's elder siblings—three brothers and two sisters—have all gone on to corporate careers in law business and IT so when he realised a professional football career wasn't going to happen he ended up studying drama at Brunel University London. He received a BA Honours degree in Theatre Film & Television studies.
At Brunel Idris met actress Cathy Tyson who encouraged him to meet Ade Solanke and audition for a part in her play Pandora's Box. He got the role signed with an agent and began performing in more plays. He also trained at the Identity School of Acting founded by Femi Oguns. After performing at the Royal National Theatre in London Idris decided to pursue television and film roles. He had several parts on British series including Miranda Doctors and Casualty.
Idris's first major role is Franklin Saint an ambitious 19-year-old drug dealer in Los Angeles in the upcoming FX crime drama Snowfall from John Singleton which debuts in July 2017. Snowfall—set in 1983 as the United States is on the verge of the crack cocaine epidemic—weaves together the stories of several characters whose lives will soon collide because of drugs. Idris auditioned through video in London before flying out to Los Angeles where he spent the day with Singleton who wanted to ensure Idris had mastery of the accent. For the role Idris practised his American accent by studying his favorite actor Denzel Washington as well as a younger actor he admires Michael B. Jordan who also portrayed a teenaged drug dealer (Wallace) on the acclaimed series .

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