Ben Onwukwe
Ben Onwukwe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benjamin Neil Paddock Onwukw 21 August 1957 Brixton, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Known for | Stuart "Recall" MacKenzie in London's Burning |
Benjamin Neil Paddock Onwukwe (born 21 August 1957) is a British actor.
He is best known for playing Firefighter Stuart "Recall" MacKenzie from 1991 to 2002 in London's Burning, a dramatic television series first aired on the British television network ITV.[1]
Career
In addition to his most famous role in London's Burning, Onwukwe has frequently appeared on television in, among others, Waiting for God, Casualty, Bergerac, Holby City, The Bill, Inspector Morse, Coronation Street, Between the Lines, Delta Wave and the Netflix series Safe.[2]
Onwukwe has also worked in various schools across the country, appeared in theatrical productions, recorded several radio plays and narrated audio books including Karen Jennings's An Island[3] and Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Blood and Sugar.[4]
He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company.[5]
In 2019, he performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place in a new play by Robin French, Crooked Dances.[6]
Onwukwe appears in the 2021 ITV drama series Professor T as the father of Detective Constable Lisa Donckers. His character is suffering, somewhat ironically, with a form of memory impairment, mistaking his daughter for his wife.
In 2022 he played Harley Joseph in Death in Paradise S11:E4.[2]
In 2025 he played Red in the stage production of The Shawshank Redemption.[7]
Notes
- ^ Townsend, Michelle (25 April 2023). "Former soap star loved his time on Corrie but now prefers working in theatre". RSVP Live.
- ^ a b "Death in Paradise series 11 casts EastEnders legend". Digital Spy. 1 December 2021.
- ^ Jennings, Karen (17 May 2022). An Island. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-593-44652-2. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Laura Shepherd-Robinson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Radio and audio book companies", in Lloyd Trott, ed., Actors and Performers Yearbook 2016, pp. 353-354
- ^ "Crooked Dances". RSC Website. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Editorial, West End Theatre (11 August 2025). "Ben Onwukwe in The Shawshank Redemption | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com.
External links
- Ben Onwukwe at IMDb