Tongayi Chirisa

Tongayi Chirisa

Tongayi Chirisa

Acting•Born August 8, 1981 (age 44)•Harare, Zimbabwe

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.

Known For

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010•TV Series•

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor

2017•TV Series•

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009•TV Series•

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011•TV Series•

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

2013•TV Series•

iZombie

iZombie

2015•TV Series•

Mayfair Witches

Mayfair Witches

2023•TV Series•

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

2023•Movie•

Filmography

2025

as Coach Tobias

Movie

2024

In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin

as Self

TV

2023

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

as Cheetor (voice)

Movie

2023

Courting Anathi

Movie

2023

Mayfair Witches

as Ciprien 'Sip' Grieve

TV

2022

as Father Jack

Movie

2022

The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11

as Agent Shaw

Movie

2021

as Francois

Movie

2020

as Eli / Professor Tarasai

Movie

2020

as Jerry

Movie

2019

as Richard Ncube

TV

2017

The Good Doctor

as Boyd Gaston

TV

2017

as William Zimunya

Movie

2016

Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word

as Thomas

Movie

2015

as Justin Bell

TV

2015

as Gary Houston

Movie

2014

as Olly 'Napalm' Harris

Movie

2013

as Arthur Bernard

TV

2011

American Horror Story

as Miles

TV

2010

as Don

TV

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Interrogator

TV

2008

Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past

as Hekule

Movie

2008

as Friday

TV

2008

as Charles

Movie

2007

Movie

—

as Hiram Jackson

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayAugust 8, 1981

Place of BirthHarare, Zimbabwe

Popularity0.6