David Ajala at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 | |
| Born | 21 May 1986 (age 34) |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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David Ajala (born 21 May 1986) is an English actor. He portrays Manchester Black in Supergirl and Captain Roy Eris in Nightflyers. In October 2020, he joined the regular cast of season three of Star Trek: Discovery.[1]
Early life[edit]
David Ajala was born in Hackney, London.[2] His mother and father are also actors.[3] He trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. In an interview for Interview Magazine Ajala said: 'When I went to secondary school, my maths teacher said I had way too much energy and was too mischievous. He tried to convince me that if I did acting, I'd be popular with the girls'.[2]
Career[edit]
On stage Ajala has performed in Nation, A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hamlet,[3] and as Jim Brown in the European premiere of Kemp Powers' One Night in Miami.[4]
In film, his first part was in Kidulthood, and he also appears in the sequels, Adulthood[2] and Brotherhood;[5] he has also appeared in The Dark Knight[3] and in major roles in Starred Up[2] and the 2016 Seekers.[5] On TV he has appeared in many series including Doctor Who[3] and in major roles in Black Box, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Nightflyers, and Falling Water.[6]
Sean 'Mac' McAlister, a character from 2017 video game Need for Speed Payback, is voiced by and modeled after him.
Ajala has appeared as Keith in the BBC Radio 4 dramas Burned To Nothing (2011)[7] and Felix in The Price of Oil: Someone's Making A Killing In Nigeria both by Rex Obano.[8]
In 2018 Ajala was cast in season 4 of Supergirl, portraying Manchester Black.[9]
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Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kidulthood | Desmond | Uncredited |
| 2008 | Adulthood | Desmond | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Bounty Hunter #2 | |
| 2010 | Winter Sun | Guy | Short film |
| 2010 | Following Footsteps | Christopher Knight | |
| 2011 | One Day | Floor Manager | |
| 2011 | Spirit | Terror | Short film |
| 2012 | Payback Season | Baron | |
| 2012 | Illegal Activity | Edward | Short film |
| 2012 | Offender | Kelvin | |
| 2012 | Sentenced Served | Marvin | Short film |
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | Ivory | |
| 2013 | Starred Up | Tyrone | |
| 2013 | Breakthrough | Henry | Short film |
| 2014 | Queen of Diamonds | Bench Guy | Short film |
| 2014 | Emulsion | Jeff | |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Ibis | |
| 2015 | He Works the Long Nights | Short film | |
| 2016 | Seekers | Amadu | Short film |
| 2016 | Kill Command | Drifter | |
| 2016 | Brotherhood | Detective Desmond 'BUDS' Lynch | |
| 2017 | The Art of Love | Anthony | Short film |
| 2017 | Support | Chris | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Dream Team | Sean Campbell | Main cast |
| 2008 | The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury | Steve | Episode: 'Technology Bytes' |
| 2008 | The Bill | Lenny Jones | Episode: 'Beth Undercover' |
| 2008 | Trexx and Flipside | Flipside | Main cast |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Reynaldo / Dumbshow Poisoner | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Peter | Episode: 'The Beast Below' |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Mark Blakefield | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Coming Up | Malachi | Episode: 'Micah' |
| 2011 | Misfits | Private Investigator | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Monroe | Max Portas | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Death in Paradise | Louis Nelson | Episode: 'Murder on the Plantation' |
| 2013 | Black Mirror | Jeff Carter | Episode: 'The Waldo Moment' |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Gavin Dale | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Black Box | Will Van Renseller | Main cast |
| 2016 | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Rate | Miniseries |
| 2016 | Hooten & the Lady | Dawit | Episode: 'Ethiopia' |
| 2016 | The Break | Episode: 'System Cycle' | |
| 2016-18 | Falling Water | Burton | Main cast |
| 2018 | Nightflyers | Roy Eris | Main cast |
| 2018-19 | Supergirl | Manchester Black | Recurring |
| 2019 | Urban Myths | The Burglar | Episode: 'Grace Under Pressure' |
| 2020–2021 | Star Trek: Discovery | Cleveland 'Book' Booker | Main cast[10] |
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| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Additional voices |
| 2017 | Need for Speed: Payback | Sean 'Mac' McAlister |
References[edit]
- ^Andreeva, Nellie (July 20, 2019). ''Star Trek: Discovery': David Ajala Joins Season 3 Of CBS All Access Series'. www.deadline.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ abcdEmma Brown (1 May 2014). 'Discovery: David Ajala'. Interview. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ abcd'Rising Brit actor David Ajala talks Dr Who and Hollywood'. Flavour Magazine. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^Vincent Dowd (11 October 2016). 'Muhammad Ali play puts icons of black America on stage'. BBC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ ab'Watch: Clare-Hope Ashitey & David Ajala Star in London-Set Short Drama-Thriller, 'Seekers''. Shadow and Act. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^Nellie Andreeva (June 23, 2015). 'David Ajala To Star In USA Pilot 'Falling Water''. Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^'Burned to Nothing, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4'. BBC. Archived from the original on 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^'Someone's Making a Killing in Nigeria, The Price of Oil, Drama - BBC Radio 4'. BBC. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^'See David Ajala As Manchester Black In New 'Supergirl' Photo'. Heroic Hollywood. 2018-10-30. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^Andreeva, Nellie (July 20, 2019). ''Star Trek: Discovery': David Ajala Joins Season 3 Of CBS All Access Series'. Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
External links[edit]
- David Ajala on IMDb
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Cover art featuring a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V·Spec, BMW M5 and Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe 265 V8 escaping from the police. | |
| Developer(s) | Ghost Games |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Director(s) | William Ho |
| Producer(s) |
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| Designer(s) | Riley Cooper |
| Artist(s) | Abdul Khaliq |
| Writer(s) | |
| Composer(s) | Joseph Trapanese |
| Series | Need for Speed |
| Engine | Frostbite 3 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One |
| Release | November 10, 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Need for Speed Payback is a racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the twenty-third installment in the Need for Speed series. The game was revealed with a trailer released on June 2, 2017 and released worldwide on November 10, 2017,[1] and was followed up by Need for Speed Heat.
Gameplay[edit]
Need for Speed Payback is a racing game set in an open world environment of Fortune Valley; a fictional version of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is focused on 'action driving' and has three playable characters (each with different sets of skills) working together to pull off action movie like sequences. In contrast with the previous game, it also features a 24-hour day-night cycle.[2] Unlike the 2015 Need for Speed reboot, Payback includes an offline single-player mode.[3]
Need for Speed: Payback features a total of 74 vehicles with downloadable contents. Toyota, Scion and Ferrari are not involved in the game due to licensing issues. However, the Subaru BRZ appears in the game.[4]Aston Martin, Audi, Buick, Jaguar, Koenigsegg, Land Rover, Mercury, Pagani, and Plymouth make their return after their absence from the 2015 installment, while Alfa Romeo, Infiniti, Mini and Pontiac were added via downloadable content.
Plot[edit]
Tyler 'Ty' Morgan (Jack Derges), Sean 'Mac' McAlister (David Ajala), Jessica 'Jess' Miller (Jessica Madsen) and mechanic Ravindra 'Rav' Chaudhry (Ramon Tikaram) are part of a crew in Silver Rock, Fortune Valley. Fixer Lina Navarro (Dominique Tipper) tasks them with stealing a precious Koenigsegg Regera belonging to Marcus 'The Gambler' Weir. However, as Tyler arrives at the drop point, he finds Rav knocked out. Lina appears, revealing that she set up Tyler and his crew to take the fall for the stolen car and she drives away, leaving them at the mercy of the oncoming police force. Upon learning that Lina betrayed both of them, Weir protects Tyler from being arrested, planning their revenge.
Six months later, Tyler spots Lina threatening Weir to hand over the casino to The House, a cartel who controls Fortune Valley's underworld. Frustrated at the lack of progress, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Contacting The House as a racer, he enters a race and wins it, despite Lina having rigged the race for profit. Weir proposes Tyler a way to take down The House and Lina along with it. Tyler is to enter and win 'The Outlaw's Rush', a massive street racing event that has the nation's top racers participating, which The House plans to rig for their own ends. Tyler reassembles his old crew and they successfully defeat all rivaling racing leagues and are thus allowed to enter 'The Outlaw's Rush'. Simultaneously, Jess infiltrates the House and learns of their plans to take over the entire city.
At 'The Outlaw's Rush', Tyler manages to win both the street and the offroad event with the help of all the race crews they allied with during the game, and in the end, defeats Navarro herself. Thus, Navarro and 'The Collector' are defeated and the House's hold over Silver Rock is broken.
In a post-credits scene, Mr. Kobashi, a customer whom Jess had driven, calls Weir and tells him his gamble worked, and that 'The Collector' is finished. He welcomes Weir to Arkwright, the true power behind the House.
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Development[edit]
In January 2016, Ghost Games began development on the next Need for Speed game to be released in 2017.[5][better source needed]Electronic Arts later confirmed in their January 2017 earnings call that the next game in the franchise was in development and set to be launched during EA's fiscal year 2018 (Comprising from April 2017 to March 2018).[6]
Reception[edit]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | (PC) 62/100[7] (PS4) 61/100[8] (XONE) 61/100[9] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| EGM | 2/10[10] |
| GameSpot | 5/10[11] |
| GamesRadar+ | [12] |
| IGN | 5.9/10[13] |
| Polygon | 6.5/10[14] |
Need for Speed Payback received 'mixed or average' reviews from critics, according to review aggregatorMetacritic.[8][9][7]
Luke Reilly of IGN praised Electronic Arts for repairing the problems of the game's predecessor, Need for Speed, but criticized its 'scripted' story, lack of police chases during free roam, scripted police chases, loot box-like mechanisms during customization, poor car handling, unrealistic car damage and several other issues.[13]PC World criticized the game for being full of microtransactions, the severely limited customizability of cars, gameplay mechanics, a lack of cockpit view and several more issues, and compared it harshly to the Forza Horizon series.[15]
According to The NPD Group, Payback was the eighth best-selling title in the United States in November 2017.[16]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Game Critics Awards | Best Racing Game | Nominated | [17] |
| Gamescom 2017 | Best Racing Game | Nominated | [18] | |
| 2018 | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards | Song Collection | Nominated | [19] |
References[edit]
- ^McCormick, Rich (June 2, 2017). 'EA's new Need for Speed: Payback looks very fast and fairly furious'. The Verge. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^Reilly, Luke (June 2, 2017). 'Need For Speed Payback Looks Faster, More Furious'. IGN. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^Yin-Poole, Wesley (May 10, 2017). 'The New Need for Speed Lets You Play Single-Player Offline'. Eurogamer. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^'Toyota's absence from the game was confirmed on Reddit'.
- ^'Under the Hood #7'. Ghost Games. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^Dornbush, Jonathon (31 January 2017). 'EA CONFIRMS NEW NEED FOR SPEED WILL BE OUT IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR'. IGN.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ ab'Need for Speed Payback for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ ab'Need for Speed Payback for PlayStation 4 Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ ab'Need for Speed Payback for Xbox One Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^Carsillo, Ray (November 7, 2017). 'Need for Speed Payback review'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. EGM Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^Wakeling, Richard (November 6, 2017). 'Need for Speed Payback Review'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^Loveridge, Sam (November 7, 2017). 'Need for Speed Payback review: 'Silly, over the top and a little bit self-indulgent, but in a fantastic action movie way.''. GamesRadar. Future plc. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ abReilly, Luke (November 6, 2017). 'Need for Speed Payback Review'. IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^Good, Owen S. (November 11, 2017). 'Need for Speed Payback review'. Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^Dingman, Hayden (November 10, 2017). 'Need for Speed: Payback review: Pouring loot boxes on a tire fire'. PC World. International Data Group. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^Makuch, Eddie (December 14, 2017). 'Top 20 Best-Selling Games In The US For November 2017'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive.
- ^'Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2017 (2017 Nominees)'. Game Critics Awards. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^Khan, Zubi (August 21, 2017). 'Gamescom 2017 Award Nominees'. CGM. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^'Nominee List for 2017'. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
External links[edit]
- Need for Speed Payback at MobyGames