Sanmi Oguntunde recently graduated from the University of Northampton BA(Hons) Acting Course.
Before enrolling on the course, he had been performing on stage on multiple occasions from Shakespeare to musicals and straightforward stage plays.
One of these productions, Remote (dir. Tim Harris) he performed at Warwick Arts Centre for the National Theatre Connections Festival 2015.
Sanmi has engaged himself in a variety of different roles from stage to screen; he enjoyed his roles on stage including Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (dir. Vanessa-Faye Stanley), Robin in Robin Hood (dir. Sean McGrath), Manny in THE PARENTS ARE IN & I’M OUT (dir. Ross Ward, Louise Lord and Michaela Antoniou-Garcia).
However, Sanmi extremely relishes at any opportunity to showcase his talent on screen and he basks in these roles: Lucas in NITTIES FROM SOUTH (dir. Peter Rose), Ricky in SLUT (dir. Alex Simpson), Shawn in Uncovered (dir. Atem Kuol), and Jason in House 27 (dir. Kas).
During his training as an actor he has learnt how to listen with his body when moving through space with other actors during Contact Improvisation. Movement Psychology awakened his eyes to Yat Malmgren’s teaching on awareness allowing him to reach higher heights and discover hidden weaknesses. He attained First Class classifications in five weapons in Stage Combat, which he has showcased in films and on stage. Residing in London, Sanmi has attended a couple of MYM workshops and continues to attend Film 8 sessions to get involved with Fully Focused as much as possible. Sanmi aims to achieve the spontaneity that Sanford Meisner talks about when performing in character and extend his knowledge in this aspect.
Born smiling with the dream to fill the world with laughter, Sanmi holds the key to a different level of uniqueness, because he is multi-talented; being able to act, sing, dance and rap makes him a Quadruple Threat. With this upper hand in the industry, he aims to entertain the masses and inspire others to do the same just like his role model, Michael Jackson.