Kingsley Ben-Adir
November 20, 1986 (38 years old) in London, England, UK
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 28 February 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. He played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's detective drama Vera and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series The OA. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in seasons four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders. In 2020, he starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... In 2023, he played Gravik in Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion as well as starred in Barbie.
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Credits
- 2024 · Bob Marley: One Love as Bob Marley
- 2023 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Gravik'
- 2023 · Barbie as Ken
- 2023 · Secret Invasion as Gravik
- 2020 · One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X
- 2020 · Soulmates as Franklin
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Barack Obama
- 2020 · Love Life as Grant
- 2020 · High Fidelity as Mac
- 2020 · High Fidelity as Russell 'Mac' McCormack
- 2019 · Noelle as Jake Hapman
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · The Commuter as Agent Garcia
- 2017 · Diana and I as Russell
- 2017 · King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Tristan "Wet Stick"
- 2016 · The OA as Karim Washington
- 2016 · Trespass Against Us as Sampson
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Col Ben Younger
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Gravik (archive footage)
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Irie Johnson
- 2011 · Vera as Dr Marcus Summer
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Errol
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Bartholomew Hines
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Performer
- Future · 11817 as