He penned and performed in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe, starred in TV smash hit The Wire as Lester Freamon and most recently as The Master in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials for BBC/HBO. Having played everyone from Sky Masterson in Guys n Dolls to Othello in the critically acclaimed Sheffield Crucible theatre production, to starring roles in Harriett, the new movie about the life of Harriet Tubman and in Spike Lee’s forthcoming outing Da 5 Bloods the word versatile really doesn’t begin to describe the talents of the multi-faceted performer, writer and director Clarke Peters.