Hakeem Kae-Kazim

What strikes me about Hakeem Kae-Kazim is the geographic distance he's covered. Born in Lagos, raised and trained in Britain, then doing some of his most resonant work telling African stories, he never feels like a hired gun parachuting in. His Georges Rutaganda in Hotel Rwanda is the kind of role that can flatten an actor into pure menace, yet he gives it a chilling everydayness. I'm even more drawn to the fact that he produced and starred in Man on Ground rather than waiting for parts to come to him. That SAFTA win for Riding with Sugar reads, to me, like overdue recognition of a long, deliberate career.

Name (English)

Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Name (Japanese)

ハキーム・ケイ＝カジーム

Reading

はきーむ・けい＝かじーむ

Born

October 1, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Origin

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Occupation

actor / film actor / film producer / television actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.hakeemkae-kazim.com/Home.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hakeemkaekazim/
• Xhttps://x.com/hakeemkaekazim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0

Tags

• Lagos State
• actor
• film actor
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.