Peter Kawa has a Diploma in 'Creative Arts and Cultural Industries' Studies from the Open Christian University (California, USA), is the Kenya Actors' Guild chairman, and one of the most hardworking and most prolific players in the Kenyan entertainment industry currently. He is an award winning actor, director, producer, artist manager and entrepreneur whose years and chops in acting have seen him lead or be part of impressive ensembles on TV, theatre and film.
He's recently portrayed Black in the psychological thriller 'Subterranea' and Malik Maka in the action thriller, 'County 49' (nominated - 2022 Kalasha Awards - Best Lead Actor in a TV Drama), two highly acclaimed Showmax shows where he plays the lead.
He has acted beside African greats such as Nigeria’s Rita Dominic and part of the South Korea’s 2021 blockbuster ‘Escape From Mogadishu’, 'Uradi', 'Nafsi', and 'Country Queen' on Netflix. He has also featured in numerous Kenyan TV shows with roles on shows such as ‘FIHI’ (Winner - Best Actor Riverwood Awards 2018).
He’s been on Lies That Bind, Sumu La Penzi, Real Househelps of Kawangware, Waliobaki and so many more. As a director/ producer, besides having won Best Director 2019 for his feature film ‘Lost in Time’, he is also the creator of the sensational Short film on Netflix ‘Christmas Love’ (Best Short Film - Kalasha Awards 2022) and numerous short films under FilmLab Kenya. He's advocated for co-productions with ‘Medicine Man’, a project he did alongside his friend Edijoe Mwaniki and Betty Furet.
Kawa is the CEO of Spearhead Entertainment and the brains behind the arts roundtable talk show ‘Sanaa Talks’, ‘Sanaa Post’ an online creatives' platform, and 'Sanaa Academy', an online peer to peer skill transfer platform. He's a Talents’ manager with brands and artists such as Azziad Nasenya, Ben Teke, Jackie Kaboi, Pascal Tokodi, Melissa Kiplagat, Alex Kinyanjui and many others under his guidance.
He is also a father, a husband and certainly a friend to the entertainment industry. His mantra is ‘PASS IT ON
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