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Malachi Kirby

English Actor

Born: Sep 20, 1989

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Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I've ever seen... to a superhero. He's amazing. He's inspirational. Malachi Kirby

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When I was in school, my first acknowledgement of 'Roots' was Kunta Kinte. Malachi Kirby

School First Acknowledgement Roots

I was 22 when my mother gave me the original box set of 'Roots' and she said, 'I want you to watch this.' I watched the whole thing back to back in the span of 24 hours. It had a profound effect on me. It felt like my story. Malachi Kirby

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My dad passed when I was 6. I found out when I was about 21 that my dad always said acting would be the making of me. Where he got that from, I have no idea. Malachi Kirby

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I was the shiest person you could think of. I didn't really speak. I was an only child, so most of my life I spent in my bedroom playing with toys by myself, speaking through them. Malachi Kirby

When I heard that 'Roots' was being remade, my first response was, 'Seriously?' I was a bit skeptical. Then I had an audition in early 2015. I didn't know how to feel about it. I was a little scared of the responsibility of telling the story again with the weight of the first one behind me - I was scared of comparisons. Malachi Kirby

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You're always going to have typecasting, especially with TV. Malachi Kirby

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There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like. Malachi Kirby

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Schoolkids - black and white - would call me Kunta Kinte as a cuss. If ever my hair was particularly messy, if ever I looked scruffy at school, I would be called Kunta Kinte. My first impression was that it was bad to be African and bad to be associated with him. Malachi Kirby

'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes. This is, for me, a very positive story and a very empowering one, if only we have that perspective on it. Malachi Kirby

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Mum used to say that when I went out of the house, I represented her. I took that seriously. So I didn't get involved with a lot of things. I held myself in a particular way. Malachi Kirby

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Charlie Brooker is crazy. Malachi Kirby

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