Abubakar Salim

Abubakar Salim (born 7 January 1993) is a British actor. For his work on Assassin's Creed Origins, he was nominated for a British Academy Games Award and named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. On television, he is known for his roles in the Sky One series Jamestown (2018–2019) and the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves (2020–2022). Early life and education Born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Salim is a first-generation Briton of Kenyan descent. His father was a software engineer for Xerox, and his mother a carer. He began his acting career at age 16 when he joined the National Youth Theatre after his first audition. He subsequently received a scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. Career Salim made his professional stage debut as Osric in Prince of Denmark at the National Theatre in 2010. This was followed in 2011 by his television debut in a series 2 episode of the ITV legal serial The Jury. Upon graduating from LAMDA in 2014, Salim had small roles in the Fox limited series 24: Live Another Day and the Canal+ comedy-drama Spotless. He returned to the stage in 2015 with roles in Sense of an Ending at Theatre503 and Teddy Ferrara at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2016, he went on the Cheek by Jowl tour of The Winter's Tale and appeared in Labyrinth at Hampstead Theatre.