Emmanuel Kabongo (born December 25, 1986) is a Canadian actor and producer. Born and raised in Zaire, now present day Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabongo immigrated to Canada and began his acting career as an extra before achieving recognition for his performance as the lead protagonist in the Toronto-based web series Teenagers (2014–2017), for which he earned his first Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2016. Kabongo also co-produced Teenagers. Kabongo has starred in feature films such as The Animal Project (2013), Pompeii (2014), Antibirth (2016), Brown Girl Begins (2017), Simulant (2023), and Sway (2024), the latter of which he also co-produced. On television, Kabongo has been featured in series such as Murdoch Mysteries (2013), Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2019), Rookie Blue (2013–2014), Quantico (2015), 21 Thunder (2017), Taken (2018), Departure (2019), Ransom (2019), Hudson & Rex (2019), NCIS: Hawaiʻi (2022), and Outer Banks (2023), among others. Throughout his career as an actor, Kabongo has earned three Canadian Screen Award nominations. (Via Wikipedia)
