Biografia
Born on March 4th, 1988, and raised between Columbia, South Carolina, and Nairobi, Kenya, Nagi (pronounced Nah-Gee) is a rising Kenyan-American actor. He spent his childhood summers in Kenya and attended high school for a few years at the historic Rift Valley Academy. Nagi began acting at Dutch Fork High School alongside hometown friends in Columbia, SC. Of Kikuyu descent and born in South Carolina to Kenyan parents who came to America for higher education, he started pursuing acting at the encouragement of his drama teacher, Candice Williams. From his teenage years, he studied theatre and took on lead roles in numerous school and community stage productions, which led to him securing a talent agent at age 15. Nagi was also a skilled athlete at Dutch Fork, participating in football and basketball.
In 2009, Nagi landed the role of Josh Gattis in the 20th Century Fox film The 5th Quarter, a football movie shot entirely at Wake Forest University. He delivered a strong performance alongside Ryan Merriman, Aiden Quinn, and Andie MacDowell. Since then, he has appeared in other films such as the 2020 civil war drama Emperor. He also portrays Craig Hansen in the television series Games People Play, which airs on Black Entertainment Television (BET), appearing in Season 2, Episode 5.
In 2018, Nagi guest-starred as military operative David Anderson in a Season 5 episode of the action series NCIS: New Orleans on CBS.
One of his latest projects, premiering October 1st, 2021, is the Blumhouse vampire horror film Black as Night, available worldwide on Amazon Prime Video. In this film, Nagi plays the Nigerian vampire Tunde and performed all his own stunts after training for the role. 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.
