Stars of Tomorrow 2025: Tut Nyuot (actor)

Beginning in May 2024 with the shoot of Tim Mielants’ Steve, Tut Nyuot has enjoyed a whirlwind of work.

It was during the shoot for the Cillian Murphy Netflix feature – set in a school for boys with behavioural difficulties – that he landed a role in Francis Lawrence’s The Long Walk. He flew directly to Winnipeg for the Stephen King adaptation, where he auditioned via Zoom for Animol, the Film4-backed feature-directing debut of Ashley Walters. Nyuot stars as teenage remand prisoner Troy, alongside Stephen Graham and Sharon Duncan-Brewster. Filming began in January.

“I hope these three projects are able to speak to people, excite, inspire,” says the 21-year-old. If they also provide a showcase for his own talents, he’ll take it.

Growing up with his South Sudanese emigrant family in Camden, north London, Nyuot struggled to pay attention at school, and was encouraged to channel his energy into acting. Classes at Anna Fiorentini Performing Arts School helped him land an agent and early roles from the age of 12, and he appeared opposite John Boyega in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology film Red, White And Blue.

In Lionsgate’s The Long Walk, set in an alternative dystopian US, Nyuot deploys a southern accent picked up watching Atlanta rappers on MTV Cribs. And it was conversations during the shoot with co-star David Jonsson that helped prepare him for what comes next. “I always had the feeling, but I never knew how to articulate – I want to really be intentional,” he says. “I want to challenge myself. I want to be one of the reasons why someone says, ‘I can do this too. This person has spoken to me through their performances.’”

Contact: Giacomo Palazzo, Independent Talent 

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