Pacharo Mzembe

Pacharo Mzembe
Pacharo Mzembe
Born	Zimbabwe
Alma mater	National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Awards	Green Room Award winner, Theatre Companies Performer, 2019 Helpmann Awards, Best Actor in a leading role, South Australian Screen Awards (SASA) - Best Performance nominee for Kind of Man, 2009

Pacharo Mzembe is an Australian actor. He has performed on stage, in several television series and in feature films.

Early life

Mzembe's parents originate from Malawi, but he was born in Zimbabwe. He migrated to Australia at the age of six to the state of Queensland.^{[citation needed]}

Acting career

Mzembe is an alumnus of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), after being accepted when he was 17 years old. In the summer of 2012, he undertook a run across Australia, which he founded and named the Run of Awareness, with the aim of highlighting the inequality of educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth in Australia and around the world.^{[citation needed]}

Mzembe started his career in theatre, but has since appeared in numerous television and movie roles, including Monster Problems, Channel Nine’s Here Come the Habibs, Harrow on the ABC, and SBS's Safe Harbour. On the stage, he played Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop, as well as appearing in Prize Fighter, for which he won a Green Room Award and was nominated for the Sydney Theatre and Helpmann Awards for his portrayal of an ex-child soldier turned boxing contender.^{[citation needed]}

Mzembe is also passionate about youth empowerment and filmmaking.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role
2010	Summer Coda	Monty
2020	Love and Monsters	Ray
2022	Black Site	Ben Jordan
2024	Sleeping Dogs	Isaac Samuel

Television


Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2009	The Diplomat	D.C Terry Ayyar	Television film
2011	Underbelly	Nuggett	12 episodes
	Terra Nova	Alverez	2 episodes
	Spirited	Ghost Tang	Episode: "Changes"
	Sinbad and the Minotaur	Karim	Television film
2015	Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier	Joe	Episode #1.2
2015	Danger 5	Pierre	7 episodes	^[1]
2017	Here Come the Habibs	Kanye	3 episodes
2017	The Family Law	Aaron	Episode: "Matters of the Heart"
2018	Safe Harbour	Matou	4 episodes
2019	Harrow	Jacob Diallo	Episode: "Abo Imo Pectore"
2020	The End	Detective Sharma	Episode: "With Sparkles"
2021	La Brea	Tony Greene	10 episodes
	Wakefield	Rohan Achebe	5 episodes	^[2]
	Young Rock	Fireman	Episode: "Working the Gimmick"
2022	God's Favorite Idiot	Dr. Stephens	Episode: "Tom the Baptist"
2024	Nautilus	Boniface	10 episodes	^[3]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue / Co.
	Class Enemy		NIDA
	Sweet Charity		NIDA
2007	Can't Pay? Won't Pay!	Giovanni	NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney^[4]
	Once on This Island		NIDA
	Romeo & Juliet		NIDA
	The Cherry Orchard		NIDA
	The Ramayana		NIDA
	Steppingstone Company		NIDA
2008	Antigone	Pach	Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2008	An Oak Tree		Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney^[5]
2009	Rockabye	Tobias	Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC
2010	Gwen in Purgatory	Father Ezekiel	Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane with La Boite^[6]
2013	Solomon and Marion	Solomon	Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC
2014	The Mountaintop	Dr Martin Luther King Jr	Playhouse, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre
2015	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius / Flute	Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane with La Boite^[7]
2015; 2018	Prize Fighter	Isa	Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Logan Entertainment Centre, Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne, IMB Theatre, Wollongong with La Boite
2016	The Tragedy of King Richard III		Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane with La Boite
2019	L'Appartement	Serge	Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre
2023	Bloom Girl	Director / Producer	Thomas Dixon Centre, Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane with PM Collab Operations^[8]

^[9]^[10]

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
2009	Kind of Man	South Australian Screen Awards (SASA)	Best Performance	Nominated^[6]
2009	Kind of Man	St Kilda Film Festival	Best Actor	Nominated^[6]
2016	Prize Fighter	Helpmann Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
2019	Pacharo Mzembe	Green Room Award	Theatre Companies Best Performer Award	Won

References

^ Knox, David (7 January 2016). "Danger 5 returns on SBS 2". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ Knox, David (30 July 2020). "Wakefield to resume filming for ABC". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ Knox, David (25 February 2022). "Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
^ https://australianstage.com.au/20070417299/reviews/sydney/cant-pay-wont-pay-%7C-nida.html
^ https://www.stagenoise.com/review/2008/an-oak-tree
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pacharo Mzembe - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
^ https://laboite.com.au/uploads/lb2015_amnd_program_3feb15%20toprintfinal6-3bcd356.pdf
^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/actor-and-filmmaker-presents-his-new-stage/103184456
^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/431118
^ https://issuu.com/qldtheatreco/docs/mttop_program_online/10?ff

External links

Pacharo Mzembe at IMDb

[1] Knox, David (7 January 2016). "Danger 5 returns on SBS 2". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[2] Knox, David (30 July 2020). "Wakefield to resume filming for ABC". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[3] Knox, David (25 February 2022). "Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld". tvtonight.com.au. TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

[4] ttps://australianstage.com.au/20070417299/reviews/sydney/cant-pay-wont-pay-%7C-nida.html

[5] ttps://www.stagenoise.com/review/2008/an-oak-tree

[imdb2-6] "Pacharo Mzembe - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

[7] ttps://laboite.com.au/uploads/lb2015_amnd_program_3feb15%20toprintfinal6-3bcd356.pdf

[8] ttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-04/actor-and-filmmaker-presents-his-new-stage/103184456

[9] ttps://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/431118

[10] ttps://issuu.com/qldtheatreco/docs/mttop_program_online/10?ff

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