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Tristan D. Lalla is an award-winning actor from Montreal. His recent credits include: the supporting role of Agent M alongside Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in the romantic comedy Long Shot (Lionsgate), Beau Is Afraid (A24), and co-starring roles on tv series Ghosts (CBS), Nurses (NBC), Animal Control (FOX) The Moodys (FOX) and Pretty Hard Cases (CBC).

On television he has played recurring roles on Bad Blood, 21 Thunder, Quantico, The Disappearrance, 19-2, The Art Of More, and on the big screen he has been seen in various films including RED 2, White House Down, How She Move, Brick Mansions, Nine Lives, Funkytown, Happy Slapping, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (directed and produced by Lee Daniels), and Home Sweet Home Alone, directed by Dan Mazer.

Besides film and TV credits, Tristan has lent his talents to over 100 video games, including 13 Assassin’s Creed titles. Most notably he is known providing the full performance (all motion-capture and voice) for Adéwalé - the lead role in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry (Ubisoft), which was nominated for Best New Character at the 2014 Canadian Video Game Awards. Most recently, he is Kalunga - the God of death, in Tales of Kenzera : ZAU (produced by Surgent Studios, E A games, and Ridley Scott).

Tristan has been in over 50 plays, musicals, and staged readings across Canada, and in 2015-16 he was one of ten Ensemble Members of Canada’s National Arts Centre. His portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Black Theatre Workshop/Neptune Theatre) earned him the 2018 Montreal English Theatre Award (META) for Outstanding Lead Performance by an Actor.

Lalla is a recipient of the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award from Black Theatre Workshop and is a Dawson College Professional Theatre honors graduate.

He is named after Tristan Rogers, who played ‘Robert Scorpio’ on General Hospital (Rogers was his mother’s favorite actor), and he is the grandson of Rudolph Charles who was one of the inventors of the musical instrument known as the Steel Pan (Steel Drum).