Jyuddah Jaymes

Jyuddah most recently could be seen in Rebecca Frecknall’s Romeo And Juliet at The Almeida playing Tybalt and can currently be seen alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Noomi Rapace and Nicholas Pinnock in new spaghetti western series Django based on the cult 1966 Sergio Corbucci film for Sky and Canal+, as well as the third season of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sanditon on ITV/Masterpiece (PBS) where he will be reprising his season 1 role of Otis Molyneux. 

Jyuddah also recently completed filming opposite Josh Hartnett in high-octane Feature FIGHT OR FLIGHT for dir. James Madigan as well as for George Kay’s Idris Elba-lead thriller Hijack for Apple TV+, directed by Jim Field Smith. Prior to this, Jyuddah was cast as legendary Olympic athlete Jesse Owens in George Clooney’s new feature Boys In The Boat for MGM.  

Other credits include playing lead character Aubrey in the second series of BBC Drama Clique, created by Skins' writer Jess Brittain, Sky Comedy series Brassic, the second series of Criminal for Netflix, and a guest lead in ITV’s Grantchester.  

Jyuddah’s professional theatre career began with Kwame Kwei-Armah's first show as Artistic Director of the Young Vic - a musical version of Twelfth Night in which he played Sebastian, swiftly followed by The American Clock at The Old Vic directed by Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin.