Sope Dirisu Biography

Sope Dirisu was born in London, England. He pursued a passion for acting while he was young, joining the National Youth Theatre in 2006. Sope went on to study Economics at the University of Birmingham. He played with the University of Birmingham Lions American Football team as a quarterback during his study.

In 2012 he appeared as Pericles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Sope returned to study at the National Youth Theatre before playing lead roles on television shows such as The Mill (2014) in the role of Peter, Humans (2015 to 2018) as Fred, and Gangs of London (2020) in the role of Elliot Finch.

He appeared in films such as The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016), Sand Castle (2017), and Mothering Sunday (2021). In addition, he starred in the horror-thriller film His House (2020), for which he was nominated as Best Actor for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards.

Filmography:

Mr. Malcolm's List (2022)
Mothering Sunday (2021)
The Colony (2021)
Silent Night (2021)
His House (2020)
Sand Castle (2017)
Criminal (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)