Boys on the Verge of Tears

His performance in And When Did You Last See Your Father? gained him nominations for a British Independent Film Award and an Evening Standard British Film Award. Other film credits include: The Imitation Game, An Education, and Johnny English Strikes Again.

His extensive theatre credits include You Stupid Darkness! (Paines Pough), The Telltale Heart directed by Anthony Neilsen and Carpe Diem directed by Jo McInnes both at the National. Television credits include Lip Service (BBC Three), The Bodyguard (BBC), and Russell T. Davies’ acclaimed It’s A Sin, which saw David nominated for the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. He has recently been seen in the second series of Iain Stirling’s Buffering (ITV) and series two of Screw for Channel 4. He will next appear in Dinosaur (BBC/Hulu).

He has worked with James Macdonald, director of The Wolf From The Door, and Simon Godwin who directed Routes, at the Royal Court. Calvin Demba’s big screen credits include: Idris Elba’s Yardie and Annabelle Attanasio’s Mickey And The Bear, which made a splash at Cannes in 2019. On the small screen Calvin can be seen in Amazon’s The Rig. He starred in Mike Bartlett’s highly praised BBC1 drama Life and Sky Art’s drama Madonna and Basquiat. He was nominated for Young Shooting Star at the Screen Nation Awards, and Best Emerging Talent at Movie Video & Screen Awards for his role in E4’s Youngers.

His film credits include Stoned and his television includes: Chloe, The Crown, and Ancient Rome. Tom is co-founder of Sound&Fury Theatre Company and has co-created and performed in all its productions.

He currently features in the second series of ITV’s Trigger Point. Prior to this he starred in Jed Mercurio’s ITV crime drama Di Ray alongside Parminder Nagra. In theatre, Maanuv most recently starred in Vinay Patel’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Yard, after taking the stage in Indhu Rubasingham’s production of The Father And The Assassin at the National Theatre. He featured alongside Andrew Scott in the West End transfer of Hamlet, directed by Robert Icke and featured in A Passage To India at the Park Theatre, directed by Sebastian Armesto.