CHANCE PERDOMO

“CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA”

Some may count Perdomo out of this list of British talent to watch on a technicality. The actor, who is best known in the U.S. for playing the fan-favorite necromancing warlock Ambrose Spellman on Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” was born in the United States before moving to the U.K. as a kid. He even spent some time in North Carolina, where he learned to perfect a Southern accent.

But Perdomo, who was raised in Southampton, trained at London’s National Youth Theatre and has a BAFTA TV nomination for starring in the BBC Three bio-drama “Killed by My Debt.” He scrapped plans for a law degree when he booked a part with two lines of dialogue on the kids’ show “Hetty Feather” after he realized filming would overlap with his exams.

Whether it’s roles such as “Debt,” which is based on the true story of a 20-year-old who committed suicide after accruing too much interest on his unpaid traffic fines, or “Sabrina,” in which playing a pansexual character allows him to research and explore positive portrayals of what that term means, Perdomo says “I naturally migrate to [roles with] authentic representation” and “not portraying clichés.”

“If there’s something going on that mirrors our political climate, I’ll

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probably be more drawn to playing a character that has a reflection [of that], or has a commentary or statement based on that as who they are,” he says. “I’m just drawn to the conflict and the emotional content of multi-faceted individuals.” — Whitney Friedlander