Photo: Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Hakeem Kae-Kazim (born 1 October 1962) is a Nigerian-British actor and producer. He portrayed Georges Rutaganda in the film Hotel Rwanda (2004) and won a SAFTA for his performance in the film Riding with Sugar (2020). He produced and starred in Man on Ground (2011), for which he received two Africa Movie Academy Award nominations.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / film producer / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.