Eme Ikwuakor

Eme Ikwuakor (/ˈɪkwɔːkər/ IK-waw-kər; born August 13, 1984) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Ink (2009), On My Block (2018), Inhumans (as Gorgon) (2017), and Moonfall (2022).

Eme Ikwuakor
Born (1984-08-13) August 13, 1984
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, producer
Years active2008–present

Biography

Eme Ikwuakor was born to Patricia and Killian Ikwuakor and is one of triplets. The other triplets are a sister, Obi, and a brother, AK, who is a former All-American runner,[1] professional athlete and the founder of the non-profit organization, Empower2Play;[2] they also have three older brothers. Eme attended University of Colorado on a track and field scholarship. His college adviser suggested he try acting instead. His first major role was in the 2009 sci-fi film Ink. He continued to act whilst working a day job, but he decided to pursue acting full-time after writing, producing and starring in a short film called Chance.[3]

Eme began making appearances on television shows, such as Hawaii Five-0, Castle and Extant. He also appeared as himself, alongside his brother Ak, on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.[4] Eme was cast as the Marvel Comics superhero Gorgon in Inhumans.

Filmography
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Outlaw Young Cop Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin"
2011 Love Bites Security Episode: "Sky High"
2011 Victorious Antoni Episode: "A Christmas Tori"
2014 Silicon Valley Doug Episode: "The Cap Table"
2014 Castle Worker Episode: "That '70s Show"
2014 Hawaii Five-0 Super Max Guard Episode: "O ka Pili'Ohana ka 'Oi"
2014 We Are Angels Mathias 3 episodes
2014 Extant Black Ops Commander 4 episodes
2014 The Comeback Detective Episode: "Valerie Makes a Pilot"
2016 Colony Redhat Squad Leader Episode: "Pilot"
2016 NCIS: Los Angeles Patrick Badri Episode: "Revenge Deferred"
2016 How to Get Away with Murder Hank Episode: "Call It Mother's Intuition"
2017 Inhumans Gorgon Main
2018-2021 On My Block Dwayne Turner Recurring
Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Unlocking the Secret Pete Direct-to-video
2009 Ink Gabe
2009 Midnight Raffle Redbone
2010 On the Run Andre Short
2010 Forever No More Ethan Ward Short
2011 The New Republic Downs
2011 The Candy Nazi Brian Short
2011 Paracusia James Short
2011 The Manager: The Clumsy Cameroonian Mohamadou Short
2012 Remnant Short
2012 It Gets Bigger Eme Short
2013 Miles Fisher: Finish What We Started Short
2013 Murder in the Dark Solo
2014 Chance Short; also produced and wrote
2014 Not Safe for Work Accomplice / Cop
2014 Looking for Lions Mr. Jawara
2015 My Favorite Five James
2015 Chinese New Year Hack New Boss Short
2015 Everything Before Us D.E.I. Agent #2
2015 '51 Dons Burl Short
2015 Concussion Amobi Okoye Uncredited
2016 Hold Shane
2022 Moonfall Doug Davidson
2022 The Gray Man Barnes

References
  1. "AK Ikwuakor '07". www.uoalumni.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. "Founder's Story - Empower 2 Play | Empowerment through Sports". www.empower2play.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-12.
  3. Good Celebrity (October 5, 2015). "Good Celebrity Interviews Eme Ikwuakor". YouTube. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  4. Jones, Brandon (July 11, 2014). "Eme Ikwuakor talks 'Extant,' acting roles and 'Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader'". Dispatch Interviews. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
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