Gbenga Akinnagbe, 1978
Writers · December 12, 1978
Gbenga Akinnagbe
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Gbenga Akinnagbe is 47 years old, born December 12, 1978 in United States · Sagittarius.
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About
Gbenga Akinnagbe played two of HBO's most brutal characters—Chris Partlow in The Wire and Larry Brown in The Deuce. Born in the US on December 12, 1978, the actor and screenwriter has built a career around morally fractured roles. As a Sagittarius, he channels intensity with precision.
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Biography
Gbenga Akinnagbe is best known for his roles as Chris Partlow on The Wire and as Larry Brown on The Deuce, both HBO series. Born December 12, 1978, in the US, he works as an actor and screenwriter. His Sagittarius zodiac sign reflects a willingness to venture into morally complex territory; his life-path number 4 suggests a builder's discipline in craft. As a screenwriter and actor, he shapes narrative from both sides—in front of and behind the camera. Both roles showcase his range in depicting characters operating in criminalized spaces: Partlow as a ruthless enforcer in Baltimore's drug economy, and Brown as a corrupt police lieutenant in 1970s-80s New York. His work spans television's prestige era, when HBO became synonymous with antihero depth.
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Trivia
- Full name: Olugbenga Enitan Temitope Akinnagbe.
- Played Chris Partlow, a silent but lethal enforcer, across five seasons of The Wire.
- Returned to HBO as Larry Brown in The Deuce, a detective turned corrupt.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Builder
Disciplined and structured. Gbenga Akinnagbe succeed where consistency beats charisma — long catalogs, repeatable craft, slow-grow audiences.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
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- Declan McKennaTiger · 1998
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CHALLENGING
- Seol In-ahRat · 1996
- Rae Lil Black
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