Prior to this, Bakare made appearances on British dramas such as The Bill, Casualty, and Holby City.
Due to conflict with his father, Bakare left his family home at the age of 15, and completed his education while homeless for a year.
[1] Six months after returning home and reconciling with his father, at the age of 17, Bakare moved from London to New York to pursue dance as a career.
He stated that while performing with the RSC, he also worked on jobs in Scotland, as well as learning scriptwriting and singing soul and opera music.
[3] In 2011, Bakare played a mini-cab driver, Carl Lucas, in the last episode of the sixth series of Law & Order UK, first broadcast in 2012.
[citation needed] He starred opposite Janet Suzman in the British premiere of Dream of the Dog, where he played a South African nattily-clad architect, "Look Smart".