Adjani Salmon

Adjani is an award-winning writer, director and actor best known as the creator, writer, and star of the critically acclaimed BBC and Showtime series Dreaming Whilst Black. His standout work on and off screen has earned him the RTS Breakthrough Talent Award and the BAFTA Emerging Talent: Fiction Award. The series itself received nominations for an International Emmy and an Independent Spirit Award. Adjani will return to write and star in Season 2, premiering in Autumn 2025. He is also developing an original feature with Film4 and Studiocanal, as well as an adapted series with FX in the US.

As an actor, Adjani was nominated for the 2024 BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy and was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. His performance in Dreaming Whilst Black drew widespread critical acclaim, with The Daily Beast describing him as “a fount of charisma… a joy to watch” and The Guardian praising him as “excellent… capturing the frustrations and hopes of an aspiring filmmaker with great sensitivity.” The series received consistent five- and four-star reviews from publications including The Independent, The Telegraph, Heat Magazine, Radio Times and more.

Beyond his own work, Adjani starred in the 2022 Doctor Who festive special, earning praise from The Metro and Den of Geek for his “flawed, vulnerable and human” performance. That same year, he appeared as a series regular in Chivalry for Channel 4, opposite Sarah Solemani, Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller.

Adjani was named a 2022 'Star of Tomorrow' by Screen Daily.