Mizinga Mwinga

Biography

Mwinga was born in Zambia, the son of Dave and Carole Mwinga. His father is an engineer. Mwinga's brother, Stephen, works as a model, while his sister, Alice, is a cook. Mwinga attended elementary school in the Montreal neighborhoods of Pierrefonds and Pointe-Claire. As he had relatives there, he moved to England before high school. In college, Mwinga took his first acting class on his mother's advice, and he immediately loved it.

Mwinga had several small roles in theater, films, and television. He had a role in London's West End production of the play Sweet Charity. In 2012, Mwinga had his first big role in a film, as the rebel leader Grand Tigre Royal in Kim Nguyen's War Witch. The film deals with child soldiers in sub-Saharan Africa, and Mwinga's character believes that Komona (Rachel Mwanza) in a sorceress. In order to play the role, Mwinga had to learn to speak the Lingala language, taking months of practice. As he had to handle automatic weapons, Mwinga and the cast had to be escorted by a military convoy while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unwanted attention from local criminals. War Witch received several awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. In 2013, Mwinga had a small part in White House Down. He starred in Darren Aronofsky's 2017 film Mother!. Mwinga lives in Montreal and volunteers at the local YMCA.

Known For

War Witch
War Witch

Filmography

2025 Witchboard
as Cop
2023 Scream VI
as Police Officer
2021 Diary of a Wimpy Kid
as Wizard (voice)
2020 Transplant
as PA
2020 Transplant
as Tanya’s Ex
2020 Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story
as Justin Bamberg
2019 The Order
as Narc
2018 A Million Little Things
as Larry
2017 mother!
as Deputy
2016 Real Detective
as
2015 The Walk
as Officer Foley
2015 Quantico
as Suit #1
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Potomac River Cop #1
2012 War Witch
as Grand Tigre Royal
2010 Blue Mountain State
as Denise's Sex Buddy