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David Ajala at San Diego Comic-Con 2019
Born	21 May 1986 (age 34)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

David Ajala (born 21 May 1986) is an English actor. He portrays Manchester Black in Supergirl and Captain Roy Eris in Nightflyers. In October 2020, he joined the regular cast of season three of Star Trek: Discovery.^[1]

Early life[edit]

See image of David Ajala, the voice of Sean 'Mac' McAlister in Need for Speed: Payback (Video Game).

David Ajala was born in Hackney, London.^[2] His mother and father are also actors.^[3] He trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. In an interview for Interview Magazine Ajala said: 'When I went to secondary school, my maths teacher said I had way too much energy and was too mischievous. He tried to convince me that if I did acting, I'd be popular with the girls'.^[2]

Career[edit]

On stage Ajala has performed in Nation, A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hamlet,^[3] and as Jim Brown in the European premiere of Kemp Powers' One Night in Miami.^[4]

Need for Speed: Payback is the twenty-third game in the Need for Speed seriesdeveloped byGhost Games. It was released worldwide by publisher Electronic Arts on November 10, 2017 as well as an earlier November 7, 2017 release for the Deluxe Edition. It is available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, as well as offering an improved visual experience on PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X.1 The. Need for Speed Payback is a racing game set in an open world environment of Fortune Valley; a fictional version of Las Vegas, Nevada.It is focused on 'action driving' and has three playable characters (each with different sets of skills) working together to pull off action movie like sequences.

In film, his first part was in Kidulthood, and he also appears in the sequels, Adulthood^[2] and Brotherhood;^[5] he has also appeared in The Dark Knight^[3] and in major roles in Starred Up^[2] and the 2016 Seekers.^[5] On TV he has appeared in many series including Doctor Who^[3] and in major roles in Black Box, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Nightflyers, and Falling Water.^[6]

Sean 'Mac' McAlister, a character from 2017 video game Need for Speed Payback, is voiced by and modeled after him.

Ajala has appeared as Keith in the BBC Radio 4 dramas Burned To Nothing (2011)^[7] and Felix in The Price of Oil: Someone's Making A Killing In Nigeria both by Rex Obano.^[8]

In 2018 Ajala was cast in season 4 of Supergirl, portraying Manchester Black.^[9]

Filmography[edit]

Film roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Kidulthood	Desmond	Uncredited
2008	Adulthood	Desmond
2008	The Dark Knight	Bounty Hunter #2
2010	Winter Sun	Guy	Short film
2010	Following Footsteps	Christopher Knight
2011	One Day	Floor Manager
2011	Spirit	Terror	Short film
2012	Payback Season	Baron
2012	Illegal Activity	Edward	Short film
2012	Offender	Kelvin
2012	Sentenced Served	Marvin	Short film
2013	Fast & Furious 6	Ivory
2013	Starred Up	Tyrone
2013	Breakthrough	Henry	Short film
2014	Queen of Diamonds	Bench Guy	Short film
2014	Emulsion	Jeff
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Ibis
2015	He Works the Long Nights	Short film
2016	Seekers	Amadu	Short film
2016	Kill Command	Drifter
2016	Brotherhood	Detective Desmond 'BUDS' Lynch
2017	The Art of Love	Anthony	Short film
2017	Support	Chris	Short film

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Dream Team	Sean Campbell	Main cast
2008	The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury	Steve	Episode: 'Technology Bytes'
2008	The Bill	Lenny Jones	Episode: 'Beth Undercover'
2008	Trexx and Flipside	Flipside	Main cast
2009	Hamlet	Reynaldo / Dumbshow Poisoner	TV Movie
2010	Doctor Who	Peter	Episode: 'The Beast Below'
2011	Silent Witness	Mark Blakefield	2 episodes
2011	Coming Up	Malachi	Episode: 'Micah'
2011	Misfits	Private Investigator	1 episode
2012	Monroe	Max Portas	1 episode
2013	Death in Paradise	Louis Nelson	Episode: 'Murder on the Plantation'
2013	Black Mirror	Jeff Carter	Episode: 'The Waldo Moment'
2013	Law & Order: UK	Gavin Dale	2 episodes
2014	Black Box	Will Van Renseller	Main cast
2016	Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands	Rate	Miniseries
2016	Hooten & the Lady	Dawit	Episode: 'Ethiopia'
2016	The Break	Episode: 'System Cycle'
2016-18	Falling Water	Burton	Main cast
2018	Nightflyers	Roy Eris	Main cast
2018-19	Supergirl	Manchester Black	Recurring
2019	Urban Myths	The Burglar	Episode: 'Grace Under Pressure'
2020–2021	Star Trek: Discovery	Cleveland 'Book' Booker	Main cast^[10]

Video game roles
Year	Title	Role
2017	Mass Effect: Andromeda	Additional voices
2017	Need for Speed: Payback	Sean 'Mac' McAlister

References[edit]

^Andreeva, Nellie (July 20, 2019). ''Star Trek: Discovery': David Ajala Joins Season 3 Of CBS All Access Series'. www.deadline.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ ^a^b^c^dEmma Brown (1 May 2014). 'Discovery: David Ajala'. Interview. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 Janu

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