Sahr Ngaujah

Sahr Ngaujah
Ngaujah in June 2012
Born
Michael Sahr Ngaujah

(1976-09-07) September 7, 1976 (age 47)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director

Michael Sahr Ngaujah (born September 7, 1976) is an American theater actor and director. Not long after his parents arrival from Sierra Leone via UK, Sahr was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Within five years his family relocated to Atlanta. He spent most of his early career working in experimental theater in Amsterdam. He made his breakthrough for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Fela Kuti in the 2009 Broadway musical Fela! He was nominated for his second Tony Award for his performance Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge! (2019). On screen, he is best known for his roles in ABC's Last Resort (2012) and Netflix's Luke Cage (2018).

  1. ^ "Sahr Ngaujah – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.