Charles Dieva Mnene is a Kenyan-British film, television and stage actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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Biography

Charles Mnene is a rising star, whose television appearances include guest roles in The Bill

The Bill

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, Holby City

Holby City

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, Doctors and the drama Ahead of the Class

Ahead of the Class

Ahead of the Class is a 2003 book and 2005 dramatic television film based on real-life events.-Plot:Marie Stubbs is a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is close to the age of retirement. After being Head teacher at The Douay Martyrs School, Ickenham, she takes on one last challenge: to improve...

, with Julie Walters

Julie Walters

Julie Walters, CBE is an English actress and novelist. She came to international prominence in 1983 for Educating Rita, performing in the title role opposite Michael Caine. It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it won her BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress...

, plus several films and stage productions.

His first screen experience was in Thomas Clay

Thomas Clay

Tommy Clay was born 19 November 1892 in Leicester and died on 21 February 1949 in Southend. He was a professional footballer who played fullback for Leicester Fosse the original name of Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and England during the 1910s and 1920s.-Football career:Thomas Clay joined...

's The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a British-made independent film directed by first-time director Thomas Clay, and released in 2006. It features Daniel Spencer in the title role, with Lesley Manville and Danny Dyer in support.-Plot:...

, which caused a stir at Cannes International Film Festival in 2005. He also landed the role of Demetrios in Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes is a British film director, writer and producer. An award-winning director, Fiennes is best-known for her films Onegin and Chromophobia .-Career:...

' feature film Chromophobia. In 2006, Mnene stirred more controversy in the BAFTA award winning drama Shoot the Messenger

Shoot the Messenger (film)

Shoot the Messenger is a television play first broadcast on BBC 2 on 30 August 2006.-Synopsis:After reading a report that black pupils from inner city schools are being failed by the education system, IT consultant Joe decides to become a teacher...

, alongside David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

- Background :Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England of Nigerian descent. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo and they have three sons.Oyelowo first attended a youth theatre after being invited by a girl to whom he was attracted. He then studied Theatre Studies for A level and his teacher...

  and in 2008's Fallout

Fallout (Channel 4 drama)

Fallout, a feature-length as part of Channel 4's Disarming Britain series, is a drama surrounding the lives of a group of teenagers, following the fatal stabbing of a mutual associate, Kwame in South London.- Sypnosis :...

, written by Roy Williams

Roy Williams (playwright)

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, in which he plays a gang leader who murders one of his classmates.

He has continued to appear in films, stage and television work that deals with challenging and relevant issues, including Richard Jobson

Richard Jobson (television presenter)

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's New Town Killers

New Town Killers

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, and is starring in writer-director Paul Wilkins' 7 Lives

7 Lives

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, which is shooting, and John Akomfrah's Games Men Play

Games Men Play

Games men play is a 2006 Nigerian drama film directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen.- Plot :The film looks at the indiscretions among several wealthy Lagosian couples...

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Filmography

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2004	Doctors	Billy Marshall	1 episode: "Mother's Pride"
2005	Ahead of the Class Ahead of the Class Ahead of the Class is a 2003 book and 2005 dramatic television film based on real-life events.-Plot:Marie Stubbs is a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is close to the age of retirement. After being Head teacher at The Douay Martyrs School, Ickenham, she takes on one last challenge: to improve...	Carl
	Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...	Robert 'Red' Hopwood	1 episode: "Awakenings"
	The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael is a British-made independent film directed by first-time director Thomas Clay, and released in 2006. It features Daniel Spencer in the title role, with Lesley Manville and Danny Dyer in support.-Plot:...	Ben
	Chromophobia	Demetrios
	Coming Up	Ashley	1 episode: "Bird's Eye View"
	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Jordan Tomlin	11 episodes: "The Bill (series 21) and The Bill (series 22)"
2006	Shoot the Messenger Shoot the Messenger (film) Shoot the Messenger is a television play first broadcast on BBC 2 on 30 August 2006.-Synopsis:After reading a report that black pupils from inner city schools are being failed by the education system, IT consultant Joe decides to become a teacher...	Germal
	Life and Lyrics Life and Lyrics Life and Lyrics is a 2006 British film directed by Richard Laxton and starring Ashley Walters, a former member of the garage band So Solid Crew....	BT
2007	The Virus	Lead Male
	Saturday's Shadow	Gang Leader
2008	Changing Climates, Changing Times	Idri M'nati
	Brixton 85	Dex Turner
	Fallout Fallout (Channel 4 drama) Fallout, a feature-length as part of Channel 4's Disarming Britain series, is a drama surrounding the lives of a group of teenagers, following the fatal stabbing of a mutual associate, Kwame in South London.- Sypnosis :...	Emile Banis
	Silent Witness Silent Witness Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...	Keenan Barnes	2 episodes: "Safe: Part 1 & 2"
	New Town Killers New Town Killers New Town Killers is a United Kingdom drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, starring James Anthony Pearson and Dougray Scott. New Town Killers follows two business men, portrayed by Dougray Scott and Alastair Mackenzie, who play macabre cat and mouse games with people from the fringes...	Sam
2009	Exhale	Joel
	Leaving Eva	Adam
	Myths	Orpheus	1 episode: "Escape from the Underworld"
	Dubplate Drama Dubplate Drama Dubplate Drama is a UK television series which started in 2005.It has run for three series.It has been called "the world's first interactive drama series", since it was letting viewers vote on the outcome of each episode's ending....	Devil Devil The Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
	Kid	Dahab
2010	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	Eamon Charles (D-Ray)	1 episode: "The Enemy Within"

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