Benjamin Zephaniah
April 15, 1958 (66 years old) in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby as Narrator
- 2020 · Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World as Self
- 2020 · Life & Rhymes as Himself
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2017 · Frankie Boyle's New World Order as Self
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Jeremiah Jesus
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2010 · Making the Connection as Himself
- 2007 · The Big Questions as Self
- 2005 · A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah as Self
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2002 · Mad Dogs as Poet
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1996 · I Bring You Frankincense as Richard's father
- 1994 · Truth or Dairy as Self
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Self
- 1990 · Farendj as Moses
- 1988 · Didn't You Kill My Brother? as Rufus
- 1988 · Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile as Street Corner Poet 1
- 1983 · Who Killed Colin Roach? as
- 1982 · Benjamin Zephaniah - Pen Rhythm Poet as Self
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Rufus
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist