Lesliepoku
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Lesliepoku
Actor Presenter Model Dancer Extra
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Unique ID: lesliepoku
- Playing Age: from 20 to 25
Location: London
Gender: Male
About Me
Trained actor, with 5 years experience, working with companies such as The Shakespeare Theatre company
Acting
Experience
Accents
Employment History & Experience
‘Your Life You Choose’- short film – leading role (2006)
Played a main character for a short film produced in Ealing studios for Ealing and West London Council. This was shown to secondary students in schools all around West London to raise awareness about the consequences of bad social conduct. This included filming and voice over work.
‘Macbeth’- Theatre production- leading role (2005)
Played the role of Macbeth for a production directed by The Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Presenting
Experience
Specialist Areas
Modelling
Experience
Employment History & Experience
ACCA 2017 Student Magazine front cover
Dancing
Experience
Dance Skills
Employment History & Experience
‘Levi’s’ –Video ad- Extra role- June 23rd 2017
Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant
Experience
Employment History & Experience
Employment History
‘Teen Spirit’ –Film- audience member- July 16th-17th 2017
‘Marcella’ –TV series- businessman extra role- Jul 25th 2017
‘The Royals’- TV series- crowd protesters extra role- July 10th 2017
‘Wanderlust headphones’- Photoshoot- modelling- July 8th
‘Sky Sports 1’- Video ad- Extra role- July 6th 2017
‘Levi’s’ –Video ad- Extra role- June 23rd 2017
‘Overlord’ –Film- Stand in role- June 16th – June 17th 2017
‘Yardie’- Film- June 2017
Role: Shabeen crowd.
Extra work for Idris Elba’s directorial debut film, ‘Yardie, as a Shabeen crowd character in multiple scenes.
Body Recognition- study/course- October 2016
Participated in a body and facial recognition course/study in Stratford.
‘Moses Jones’- BBC TV series- (2009)
Extra work for BBC Drama, playing a character in a club scene.
‘Your Life You Choose’- short film – leading role (2006)
Played a main character for a short film produced in Ealing studios for Ealing and West London Council. This was shown to secondary students in schools all around West London to raise awareness about the consequences of bad social conduct. This included filming and voice over work.
‘Macbeth’- Theatre production- leading role (2005)
Played the role of Macbeth for a production directed by The Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Physical Details
Languages Spoken
Experience & Qualifications
General Experience
Social Media Manager- London Design Works, Prerace App, Fitbanker, & L.I.C
November 9th- Now (Freelance)
*Part-time community management, community development- minimum of 100 new Twitter followers a month, SEO, campaign management, Google and social media analytics reports, website maintenance, social media advertising, and content creation for all three companies.
*Increased engagement for social media platforms by at least 50% for all four brands.
*As well as, taking London Design Works from no SEO or ranking, to first page on Google, Yahoo and Bing in 5 weeks through organic content. I also built the social media strategy, and implemented it.
*Increased website traffic by 20% and created a series of blog posts, and social media advertisements which achieved new prospects and people engaging on the website for just under 2 minutes on average.
Media Monitoring/Customer Support Specialist- Cision/Vocus PR (Software)
March 13th – October 30th 2015
Qualifications & Training
Education
Richmond upon Thames College 2006 - 2008
A’ Levels in Media Studies (B), Film Studies (B), Drama and Theatre Studies (C) and English Literature (B)
Brunel University 2008 - 2009
English Literature and Drama
(Finished first year due to practicality of the course)
Shaw Academy 2015
Digital Marketing Diploma (A*/Distinction) – awarded with a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) accreditation certificate of achievement.
Other Information
Relevant Skills
Acting, hip hop dance,
Interests & Hobbies
Digital marketing