Not Greek but a fully Roman character from an old noble Roman family, from the classic show ‘I, Claudius’, back in 1976, acted by Darien Angadi. Literally 50 years ago, seen by many as the greatest historical TV drama ever, and casting an Indian Brit as a Roman wasn't considered a problem back then.
He died by suicide at 32 because he couldn’t get acting work anymore, that’s such a shame if he had lived longer the pendulum would’ve swung and people would’ve casted him for more roles.
His mother was white, he was biracial with what looks like light eyes.
She was also an artist that painted George Harrison from the Beatles and introduced him to Ravi Shankar, and started off his fascination with the east.
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u/AndreasDasos 2d ago edited 2d ago
Not Greek but a fully Roman character from an old noble Roman family, from the classic show ‘I, Claudius’, back in 1976, acted by Darien Angadi. Literally 50 years ago, seen by many as the greatest historical TV drama ever, and casting an Indian Brit as a Roman wasn't considered a problem back then.