Sammy Nagi Njuguna(1988-2023)

Born March 4th, 1988 and raised between Columbia, South Carolina and Nairobi, Kenya. Nagi (Pronounced: Nah-Gee) is an up and coming Kenyan-American Actor. He spent childhood summers in Kenya and returned to his motherland for a few years of high school at the historic Rift Valley Academy. He began acting at Dutch Fork High School with hometown friends in Columbia, SC. Born of kikuyu descent in South Carolina to Kenyan parents who came to America for higher learning; Nagi began pursuing acting at the suggestion of his drama teacher, Candice Williams. Since a teen he studied theatre, playing lead roles in numerous school & community stage plays; which landed him a talent agent at 15. He was also a talented athlete at Dutch Fork, playing football and basketball. In 2009, Nagi booked the role of 'Josh Gattis' in 20th Century Fox movie, The 5th Quarter. The football movie was filmed entirely at Wake Forest University. The newcomer had a strong performance acting alongside Ryan Merriman, Aiden Quinn & Andie MacDowell. Since then, he has appeared in other films like 2020's civil war drama "Emperor". He also plays the role of Craig Hansen in the television series "Games People Play" airing on Black Entertainment Television (BET). Season 2, Ep 5.

In 2018, Nagi appeared in a season 5 episode of the action series "NCIS: New Orleans" airing on CBS; playing military operative David Anderson.

One of his most recent cast involvements premieres October 1st, 2021. A Blumhouse Vampire horror film titled "Black as Night" which will be available on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. Nagi plays the role of Nigerian vampire Tunde. He trained and performed all of his own stunts in the movie. Sammy "Nagi" Njuguna is represented by talent agents Brenda Netzberger at Open Range, Sheila Legette at SLE, and managed by David Koth at Authentic Talent and Literary Management.