Owiso Odera was a Kenyan actor who portrayed Papa Tunde in the first season of The Originals.
Biography[]
Odera was born in Khartoum, Sudan to Kenyan parents.
In 2005 he graduated from University of California, San Diego with a MFA in Acting.
On November 4, 2016, it was reported that Odera had died suddenly and by an unknown cause.[1][2]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Asha | Short | Radio Announcer 1 |
| 2015 | Minority Report | TV Series | Malik Aziz |
| 2015 | H4 | Young King Henry IV | |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | TV Series | Ambassador Odilon Bokassa |
| 2014 | Unforgettable | TV Series | Captain Melvin Stearns |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | TV Series | Demetrius Rowe |
| 2014 | The Millers | TV Series | Soccer Announcer |
| 2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles | TV Series | Diplomat Leonard Atugu |
| 2014 | The Originals | TV Series | Papa Tunde |
| 2013 | OJ: The Musical | Orlando | |
| 2013 | Blue Bloods | TV Series | Detective Sidney Jeffries |
| 2009-2010 | Three Rivers | TV Series | Kuol Adebe Ketebo / Kuol |
| 2010 | Flashforward | TV Series | Abdi Khalif |
| 2009 | Acholiland | Short | Otim |
| 2008 | The Thirst: Blood War | Rico | |
| 2007 | Dirt | TV Series | Gareth Dasilva |
| 2007 | Relative Obscurity | Cofi | |
| 2006 | The unit | TV Series | Zemede |
| 2005 | Number3rs | TV Series | Tate Gilliam |
Trivia[]
- This is the fourth notable death of the TVD/TO Family, the first being Michael Showers in 2011, the second being Sarah Jones in 2014 and the third being Andre Perreault in 2015.