DAMSON IDRIS is a British actor of Nigerian descent, born and raised in London. Idris’s acting debut was on the stage delivering his first performance in Ade Solanke’s play ‘Pandora’s Box’. Idris currently stars as lead role ‘Franklin Saint’ in FX Hit Crime series Snowfall, created by the late John Singleton. Snowfall, heading for its fifth season chronicles the infamous rise of a small- time drug dealer Franklin Saint, as he builds a drug empire during the 1980s crack epidemic. Idris can also be seen starring alongside Anthony Mackie in Netflix’s sci-fi action film Outside the Wire. His additional film credits include autobiographical film Megan Leavey and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s film Farming, co-starring Kate Beckinsale and Gugu Mbatha-Raw for which he won the best performance award at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Idris has also guest starred in an episode of the critically acclaimed series Black Mirror and Jordan Peele’s reboot of TThe Twilight Zone.