The Wire
Chris Partlow
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AKINNAGBE
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From The Wire to Broadway
Gbenga Akinnagbe is an actor known for Chris Partlow in The Wire and Tom Robinson on Broadway in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Characters across stage and screen
Gbenga Akinnagbe is an actor whose work includes television, film and theatre. He played Chris Partlow in HBO’s The Wire.
He later played Larry Brown in The Deuce, another HBO drama, bringing a different character to a story about New York’s changing entertainment industry.
On Broadway, Akinnagbe originated the role of Tom Robinson in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. He has discussed the character and the production in an interview with the Theatre Development Fund.
He appears as Andy in The Social Reckoning. The list below shows films available on FLM.RED rather than his complete filmography.
Selected performances
The Deuce
Larry Brown
2018
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tom Robinson, Broadway
2026
The Social Reckoning
Andy
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- New York Film Academy — profile
- Theatre Development Fund — interview
- Playbill — Broadway credits
- IMDb — credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.