fifth-highest of any film that year and the highest for its week of release), which earned him nominations for a Black Reel and NAACP Image Award; as Louis Lester in the BBC miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2013), for which he was nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe and Satellite award for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie, and won a Black Reel Award in the same category; as the narrator of the 2018 Apple TV+ documentary film The Elephant Queen, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator; and as the director and screenwriter of the 2019 British drama film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, which saw him receive nominations for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Screenwriter, two British Independent Film Awards (Best Supporting Actor and Best Debut Director), the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize―winning the latter two. In 2008, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He was elevated to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Birthday Honours. References External links 1977 births Living people Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Audiobook narrators Best Actor AACTA International Award winners Best Actor BAFTA Award winners Black British male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States British male stage actors Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Critics' Circle Theatre Award winners English expatriates in the United States English male film actors English male radio actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors English people of Igbo descent Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male winners Laurence Olivier Award winners Male actors from London National Youth Theatre members People educated at Dulwich College People from Forest Gate 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors