Mwinga was born in Zambia, the son of Dave and Carole Mwinga. His father is an engineer. Mwinga's brother, Stephen, works as a model, while his sister, Alice, is a cook. Mwinga attended elementary school in the Montreal neighborhoods of Pierrefonds and Pointe-Claire. As he had relatives there, he moved to England before high school. In college, Mwinga took his first acting class on his mother's advice, and he immediately loved it. Mwinga had several small roles in theater, films, and television. He had a role in London's West End production of the play Sweet Charity. In 2012, Mwinga had his first big role in a film, as the rebel leader Grand Tigre Royal in Kim Nguyen's War Witch. The film deals with child soldiers in sub-Saharan Africa, and Mwinga's character believes that Komona (Rachel Mwanza) in a sorceress. In order to play the role, Mwinga had to learn to speak the Lingala language, taking months of practice. As he had to handle automatic weapons, Mwinga and the cast had to be escorted by a military convoy while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to unwanted attention from local criminals. War Witch received several awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. In 2013, Mwinga had a small part in White House Down. He starred in Darren Aronofsky's 2017 film Mother!. Mwinga lives in Montreal and volunteers at the local YMCA. Mizinga Mwinga(1980년생, Lusaka, Zambia) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 르벨이 있으며, 그 외에도 Memory of a Killer, 엑스맨: 데이즈 오브 퓨처 패스트, 콴티코, 어 밀리언 리틀 씽즈, 스크림 6, 트랜스플랜트, 블루 마운틴 스테이트, 잭 모턴과 언더월드, 마더!, 하늘을 걷는 남자, 윔피 키드, 리얼 디텍티브 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Memory of a Killer에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Memory of a Killer에서 Security Guard #1 역을 맡았다. 2025년 위치보드에서 Cop 역을 맡았다. 2023년 스크림 6에서 Police Officer 역을 맡았다.