Giles Terera

Giles Terera, © Dan Wooller

Giles Terera is a British actor and writer. Terera is best known for his award-winning portrayal of Aaron Burr in the hit musical Hamilton in London’s West End.

Beyond Hamilton, Terera has appeared in a variety of roles, including Passing Strange at the Young Vic, The Power of the Sail at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Clydes at the Donmar Warehouse, The Meaning of Zong at Bristol Old Vic and Barbican Theatre, Othello, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hamlet and Death & The Kings Horseman at the National Theatre, Black Matter at Crazy Coqs, Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui at the Donmar Warehouse, The Merchant of Venice and King John for the Globe Theatre, Pure Imagination at the St James Theatre, The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre, The Tempest for Trevor Nunn at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Don’t You Leave Me Here at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, playing Christopher Molomo in the Abbey Theatre Dublin’s production of The Playboy of the Western World, Gary Coleman in Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre, Sammy Davis Junior in The Rat Pack at The Strand Theatre, Quickly Robinson in Jailhouse Rock at the Piccadilly Theatre, Luther in 125^th Street at the Shaftesbury Theatre and Mr Jefferson in Rent at the Prince of Wales Theatre.  He also played Ariel in the world tour of The Tempest for the RSC.

Terera’s film and TV work includes Death of England: Delroy, Maxx, Flack, The Current War, London Boulevard and Horrible Histories.