Babou Ceesay

Baboucarr Alieu Ceesay (born 1979) is a British actor. He is known for his role in Guerrilla. He also starred as the main antagonist Pilgrim in season 3 of AMC TV series Into the Badlands. Early life and education Ceesay was born in London, England, and grew up in West Africa. He is a dual-national and is of Gambian descent. He trained at Oxford School of Drama. He has also been involved in many significant projects on stage include The Overwhelming opposite Andrew Garfield and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He studied Microbiology at Imperial College London and also worked as an internal auditor at accounting firm, Deloitte. Career Ceesay's first major role was in a horror/comedy film, Severance. Two years later he got a role on TV in an episode of Whistleblower. He made guest appearance in multiple British TV shows including Silent Witness, Law & Order: UK, Casualty, Strike Back, Luther, Getting On and Lewis. In 2013, he worked in the Nigerian film, Half of a Yellow Sun, alongside Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and another rising star, John Boyega. In 2014, he worked on '71.