Nyambi currently stars in THE GOOD FIGHT for CBS ALL ACCESS as Jay Dipersia.

 

Nyambi currently stars in THE GOOD FIGHT for CBS ALL ACCESS as Jay Dipersia. He previously starred alongside Billy Gardell & Melissa McCarthy in MIKE & MOLLY for its entire 6 seasons, and had recurring roles on MERCY STREET (PBS), and AMERICAN KOKO, a digital series for ABC Digital and Viola Davis' production company (JuVee Productions). Nyambi can also be seen in the upcoming feature film BLINDSPOTTING (Snoot Entertainment).

 

Nyambi participated in New York City Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park productions of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE WINTER’S TALE alongside cast members that included Al Pacino and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. His other theater credits include the first Broadway revival of August Wilson's JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE, Classic Stage Company’s ‘Caliban’ in THE TEMPEST opposite Mandy Patinkin, and various other productions for theaters that include The Classical Theatre of Harlem and the Williamstown Theater Festival. He is also a proud member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company based in NYC.

 

Nyambi is a first generation Nigerian-American, born on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Nyambi earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Bucknell University before earning his MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU. He played 4 years of Division-1 basketball for Bucknell and made the ESPN Dick Vitale "All-Name Team" honoring the best names in college basketball. Post-college, Nyambi took on the role of coach and led basketball teams at teen camps for several years. Currently, when not acting, Nyambi is focused on his work with Danai Gurira (star of THE WALKING DEAD and BLACK PANTHER) where he is on the board for Almasi Collaborative Arts, an organization dedicated to developing emerging African artists.

 

Nyambi, a comic book aficionado and avid gamer, writes and draws in his spare time and currently has two published works as an author. He contributed a poem to the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel LOVE IS LOVE, which continues to donate all proceeds to various charities in honor of the victims and their families of the Orlando Pulse shooting. Most recently, Image Comics published a comic he wrote in collaboration with his sisters for the award-winning series BITCH PLANET.

 

 
 
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“Keep exploring, trust, putting in the work, and the work will inevitably announce you.” 

― Nyambi Nyambi