Early and personal life

Anderson was born and raised in Bristol, England. At the age of 17, Anderson moved to London in order to launch his music career. Anderson has been in a relationship with actress Aisling Loftus since 2011. He is the nephew of actor Paul Anderson.

Acting career

Anderson played Angelo in the film 4.3.2.1. He starred in the ITV drama series Injustice as Simon, a teenager in a youth offender institution. He also had a one-episode guest role on Outnumbered. In 2012, he appeared in an episode of Skins, and appeared in the feature film Comedown, co-starring Adulthood's Adam Deacon and directed by Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda. Jacob has also featured in various plays, including Dunsinane for the RSC, King Lear (with Pete Postlethwaite) at the Young Vic Theatre, and War Horse at the National Theatre. He was seen in the teen slasher film Demons Never Die, playing Ricky, and is currently appearing in the BBC Two comedy Episodes, alongside Matt LeBlanc and Stephen Mangan. In 2012, Anderson was cast for the third season of HBO's television series Game of Thrones as Grey Worm, the leader of the Unsullied. Anderson continues to portray this role through season 4 and season 5. Anderson played Dean Thomas, the boyfriend of Chloe Latimer, on the ITV drama Broadchurch in 2013. In April of 2016, Anderson appeared as a guest on the Let's Play webseries Game Grumps, commentating over Cyanide's Game of Thrones.

Music career

In 2006, Anderson was featured as a vocalist on Typesun's "The PL." They released another track in 2007, titled "Let Me Know." Anderson recorded a song with Plan B, which was featured on the Adulthood soundtrack, titled "I Need Love." In 2013, Anderson signed to Columbia Records, and released a free three-track EP, The Middle Child, under the stage name Raleigh Ritchie. A second EP, Black and Blue, followed in 2014.

Anderson's musical influences include Erykah Badu, David Bowie, Jill Scott, The Smiths, and Stevie Wonder. In March of 2014, his track "Stronger Than Ever" from Black and Blue was remixed by UK garage producer M. J. Cole and released as a standalone single. "Stronger Than Ever" has been used in television adverts promoting the launch of ITV Encore, as well as in montage videos during Sky Sports' coverage of Professional Darts Corporation events. The song peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. Anderson supported George Ezra on his Spring 2015 UK tour.

His debut album, You're a Man Now, Boy, was released February 26, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Adulthood	Omen
2010	Chatroom	Si
2010	4.3.2.1	Angelo
2011	Demons Never Die	Ricky
2012	Comedown	Lloyd
2012	Offender	Patrick

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Doctors	Ryan Garvey	Episode: "Social Disease"
2007	The Bill	Clayton Fortune	Episode: "Code of Silence"
2007	The Whistleblowers	Anthony James	Episode: "No Child Left Behind"
2008	Primeval	Lucien	Episode: "#2.4"
2008	Casualty	Dom Parke	Episode: "Diamond Dogs"
2008	Spooks	Dean Mitchell	Episode: "#7.6"
2011	Injustice	Simon	3 episodes
2011	Outnumbered	Chugger	Episode: "#4.2"
2012	Skins	Ryan	Episode: "Mini"
2012	Silent Witness	Dave	2 episodes
2012	Episodes	Kevin	8 episodes
2012	Beaver Falls	Randy	Episode: "#2.2"
2013-2014	The Mimic	Steven Coombes	10 episodes
2013-present	Game of Thrones	Grey Worm
2013	Broadchurch	Dean Thomas	6 episodes

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Game Grumps	Himself	2 episodes

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
		UK	SCO
You're a Man Now, Boy	Released: 26 February 2016 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Digital download, CD, LP	32	56

Extended plays

Title	Details
The Middle Child	Released: 7 June 2013 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Digital download
Black and Blue	Released: 10 January 2014 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Digital download
Black and Blue Point Two	Released: 14 April 2014 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK	BEL
"The Middle Child"	2013	—	—	The Middle Child
"Stronger Than Ever"	2014	30	28	You're a Man Now, Boy
"Birthday Girl"		—	—
"Cuckoo" (feat. Little Simz)		—	—	Non-album single
"The Greatest"	2015	—	—	You're a Man Now, Boy
"Never Say Die" (with Sounwave)		—	—
"Bloodsport '15"		—	—
"Keep it Simple" (feat. Stormzy)	2016	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Awards and nominations

MOBO Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2014	Raleigh Ritchie	Best Newcomer	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2015	Game of Thrones	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]