Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is a dual citizen of Uganda and America working in the mediums of photography, theatre, film and television.Feature film acting credits include the upcoming "Queen of Katwe" where he plays opposite Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and "Boost" from Oscar winning producers Kieran Crilly and Frederic Bohbot. Previous feature films include "Blood Diamond" where he played opposite Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio and the indie feature "40," which Ntare starred in and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.Ntare's film directing credits include "Kuhani," which won the main prize for Best Achievement in Directing at the International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Slamdance 2014. "Kuhani" also premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Palm Springs International ShortFest, the Institute of Contemporary Art London and the Film Society at Lincoln Center to name a few. His feature length documentary "Beware of Time," won Best film on matters relating to Marginalized People at the Berlin Black International Cinema Festival.TV acting credits include recurring roles on the Steven Soderbergh series "The Knick," HBO's series "Treme," Amazon series "Bosch," "Heroes," "The Riches," "ER" and "CSI" to name a few.Ntare's first effort as a playwright is Biro, a multi-media solo performance piece, which held its World Premiere at Uganda's National Theatre and subsequently premiered in London, then in New York at The Joseph Papp Public Theatre where it made the "New York Times critics pick list." The production also premiered in Los Angeles, Seattle, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Toronto. His second multi-media solo piece "A Missionary Position" held its World Premiere at RedCat Theatre in Los Angeles. Ntare's other theater acting credits include leading roles at The Steppenwolf Theatre, The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center, ACT, The Long Wharf Theatre and the National Tour of Six Degrees of Separation for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Actor.Ntare's photographic work has featured in Vanity Fair and exhibited at Mojo Gallery Dubai, Blue Sky Gallery, The United Nations, Rush Arts Gallery, the UCLA Fowler Museum, The Latino Art Museum, and has been featured on HBO's "Six Feet Under."Ntare received his MFA in Acting from New York University and completed studies at The Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia, The Royal National Theatre in London and The University of Virginia. Ntare is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California (USC). He has also taught at Yale University and has taught theatre and film artists in more than a dozen countries in Africa. Show less «