Comedian Johnny Daley ‘ready for the world’

Award-winning actor, comedian and former child star Christopher ‘Johnny’ Daley, whose upcoming slate of projects includes multiple live performances locally and overseas, as well as a featured role in a television series co-produced by HBO and the UK’s Channel 4, is “ready for the world”. “We have given the world the Marleys, Shaggys and Sean Pauls ..

. as well as the Usain Bolts, Asafa Powells and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryces. We have had four Miss Worlds.

But in the realm of film, theatre and television performance, we have yet to fully set the world ablaze. Certainly, icons such as Sheryl Lee Ralph and the late Madge Sinclair have definitely made and continue to make an indelible mark on the acting industry. But I feel that now, we are at a moment where the interest in Jamaican stories being told by Jamaican actors has never been higher.

And I’m excited to be part of that renaissance and to see what the future can bring,” said Daley. Daley is referring to the plethora of recent film and television productions which have been either partially or completely set in Jamaica, featuring Jamaican actors or actors of Jamaican descent in key roles. Among these are Netflix’s music industry drama, Champion , Hulu’s Oprah Winfrey-produced Black Cake ; Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love biopic; and Idris Elba’s urban drama Yardie , in which Daley had a supporting role.

But he is especially excited about his upcoming appearance in the HBO/Channel 4 television series, Ge.