Portrait of Tongayi Chirisa

Tongayi Chirisa

Acting

Biography

Tongayi Arnold Chirisa is a Zimbabwean actor known for playing Man Friday on NBC's Crusoe television series, Father Nicholas on The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Hekule on Leon Schuster's Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past movie. He is also an occasional singer.

Born: August 8, 1981

Place of Birth: Harare, Zimbabwe

Filmography

2025
Rise

as Coach Tobias

2023
2023
Mayfair Witches

as Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve

2022
Next Exit

as Father Jack

2021
Trees of Peace

as Francois

2020
Antebellum

as Eli / Professor Tarasai

2020
Palm Springs

as Jerry

2019
Another Life

as Richard Ncube

2017
The Good Doctor

as Boyd Gaston

2015
iZombie

as Justin Bell

2015
Whitney

as Gary Houston

2013
Sleepy Hollow

as Arthur Bernard

2010
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Interrogator

2008
Crusoe

as Friday

2008
Zimbabwe

as Charles

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Steal Away

as Hiram Jackson