Our #MCM today is Kevin Mambo, a Zimbabwean actor and musician. Born in Harare on the 29th of June in 1972, Kevin Mambo is best known for his role on CBS Daytime serial Guiding Light in the role of Marcus Williams which won him two Daytime Emmys and for his role as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in the Broadway production of the musical Fela!Kevin was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and he was raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
He was an avid musician, playing piano at the age of 8, Saxophone at age 10 and the guitar at 19. He attended Aden Bowman Collegiate in Saskatoon and then Brentwood College School in Mill Bay, British Columbia. He studied Political Sciences and African History at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec where he also took classes at the McGill Jazz Conservatory. He then transferred to the University of Southern California where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
In his acting career, Mambo appeared in a number of theaters such as the Billie Holiday Theater production of Jackie Alexander’s Brothers from the Bottom opposite Wendell Pierce. Mambo has also appeared in the Book of Mormon as Mafala during the first National Toyr (2012-2013) and as Chancellor in Danai Gurira’s The Convert.
In Film and Television, Mambo has appeared in Guiding Light where he won two-time Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, he has also appeared in Cadillac Records, Nina, One of us is tripped, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and a number of movies.
