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Damson Idris is a British actor and producer. His worldwide breakthrough in film was starring in Netflix’s Sci-fi action Outside the Wire as Thomas Harp.

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He was born on September 2, 1991 in Peckham, South-East London, and is of Nigerian descent. At Brunel, Idris met actress Cathy Tyson, who encouraged him to meet Ade Solanke and audition for a part in her play, Pandora's Box. He got the role, signed with an agent and began performing in more plays.

He studied Theatre, Film & Television Studies at Brunel University London in England, where he attained a BA Honours degree. He soon after trained at the Identity School of Acting.

His breakout role is Franklin Saint, an ambitious 19-year-old drug dealer in Los Angeles, in the FX crime drama Snowfall from John Singleton, which debuted in July 2017. He had his first big screen part in 2016 in the British thriller City of Tiny Lights. In 2017, he made his American film debut in Megan Leavey alongside Kate Mara.

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