AARON KATAMBAY

Aaron is a native Irish actor of Congolese descent and is 5′ 10″ (178cm) tall.

Screen acting wise Aaron is cast in the second season of the AMC+ / Sundance Now Original Drama “SANCTUARY” which is currently in production in Ireland.

He recently played ‘Oswald’ in Shakespeare’s “KING LEAR” directed by Geoff O’Keeffe which ran twice daily (Monday to Friday) for 3 weeks in The Mill Theatre in Dundrum until October 23rd inc.

Screen credits also include the the recurring role of ‘Anthony’ in Brendan Canty’s feature film “CHRISTY”(post-production) which is funded by BBC Film and Screen Ireland, the featured supporting role of ‘Eddie Lucas’ in the second season of the AMC and RTE crime drama “KIN” (RTE Player and BBC iPlayer), the supporting role of ‘Aaron’ in “WITNESS NUMBER THREE”, a 4 x 60 mins psychological drama from Story Films for Channel 5 directed by Diarmuid Goggins, Nathan Fguimond’s documentary “INSIDE THE VALLEY SINGS” (post-production), Tile Films’ three-part docudrama series “QUEENS OF ANCIENT EGYPT” directed by Stephen Rooke in which Aaron played ‘Prince Juba II’ and was filmed in Morocco, ‘Chima’ in Derek Ugochukwu’s Limerick bursary funded short ‘YOU’RE NOT HOME’, the lead role of ‘Daniel’ in ‘FLATGROUND’ an award-winning short directed by Shay Kelly, ‘Joost’ in Paula Un Mi Kim’s debut feature ‘BUTTERFLY DIARIES’, and the supporting role of ‘Aaron’ in Maria Doyle Kennedy’s short “A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY”.

Theatre wise Aaron played the roles of Lancelot/Solanio/Prince of Morocco in Mill Productions staging of “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE” directed by Geoff O’Keeffe. Prior to that he starred as ‘RASHER’ in a Roddy Doyle adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s “PETER PAN” which ran in Dublin’s Gate Theatre.

Growing up Aaron acted with Dublin Youth Theatre, he graduated from Arts University Bournemouth with a BA in Acting.

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