Born in Meru, Mutuma grew up in Dar es salaam Tanzania where he completed his primary education before joining Braeside school[2] Nairobi for his secondary exams.
His role in a drama series, Shuga where he acted alongside Lupita Nyong'o[3] became his big break in his stage performance.
[citation needed] His debut into the Kenyan television was in 2008 when he was cast for the character Luka, a young naïve college student living in poverty, who gets involved with an older woman, a "sugar mummy".
In the same year, he also appeared in M-Net's first Pan-African drama series Changes, directed by Tosh Gitonga, portraying Richard, a young man who learns that he was kidnapped from the hospital after being born.
[4] His break-out role came in 2008 when he was cast for the drama series Shuga (2008); directed by Teboho Mahallesi, the show revolves around the fast lives of Nairobi youth and their risky sexual behavior.
The hit show launched the careers of a new crop of Kenyan actors, including the Oscars-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.
Mutuma starred the 2014 Zuku series State House, in which he played the spoiled and stubborn son of the president of Kenya, who falls in love with the daughter of one of the staff.
[6][7] In 2016, Mutuma landed the role of Tomide in the hit Nigerian online series This Is It created, written and directed by Dolapo Adeleke (LowlaDee).
The room/com follows the first year journey of the young, clueless newlyweds, Tomide (Nick Mutuma) and Dede (Chiagoziem Nwakanma).
[16] He has also hosted the Africa Magic Viewers Choice awards red carpet (2014) and the AMVCA nomination night (2014).