<Tr> <Th> Other names </Th> <Td> Wiina Msamati </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor and playwright </Td> </Tr> <P> Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati, sometimes credited as Wiina Msamati, is a British - Tanzanian film, television and theatre actor . He played Salladhor Saan in HBO series Game of Thrones and was the first black actor to play Iago at the Royal Shakespeare Company (in 2015). </P> <P> Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati was born in the United Kingdom and brought up in Zimbabwe by his Tanzanian parents, a doctor and a nurse; he is the eldest of four siblings . His primary education began at Olympio Primary School in Dar - es - Salaam, Tanzania, and continued at Avondale Primary School in Harare, Zimbabwe . After secondary education at Prince Edward School in Harare, he studied towards a BA Honours Degree in French and Portuguese at the University of Zimbabwe from 1995--97 . </P>

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