Peter Kawa

Peter Kawa is a multi-award winning actor and one of the most prolific arts enthusiast in the
Kenyan entertainment Scene. Kawa has always managed to stay true to whatever role he has
been cast in, most of them being the role of the antagonist. Among the notable projects Kawa
has worked on is ‘Sumu La Penzi’, as Oscar, a pimp (Riverwood Awards Best Supporting Actor
nominee – 2018), ‘FIHI’ where he acted as a rogue pastor (Riverwood Awards Best Actor – 2018)
‘Shattered’, a feature film which starred Nigerian actor, Rita Dominic, ‘Embraced’, a short film
that won him the Best Lead Actor in the ‘Eldoret Film Festival’, ‘Edufa’, a 2016 stage play at the
Kenya National Theatre.
Having been a stage and screen actor for majority of his career, he has embarked on learning
to be behind the camera and calling the shots as a director and producer under the umbrella
of a Christian production house called Film Lab Kenya. Thus far, they have done a dozen short
films and won two awards for their efforts.
After being involved in many and diverse projects over a period of 15 years, Kawa has amassed
a lot of skills and networks in the industry so much so, that he came up with his production
company, Spearhead Entertainment. He uses this outfit to grow the art fraternity by producing
films, and offering online publicity services to artistic events, personalities and institutions through
the ‘Sanaa Post’ and ‘Sanaa Talks’ initiatives.
To cap it all, mentorship and discovering talent and introducing it to the industry is Kawa’s
number one mission and passion. In his own words, “…I was given a chance by someone who
believed in me to be who I am today, why not PASS IT ON…”