Paapa Essiedu
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/) (born 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous productions, including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), King Lear (2014), Hamlet (2016), and Romeo and Juliet (2016). His breakthrough came with his role in the HBO miniseries I May Destroy You (2020), which earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 miniseries Anne Boleyn (2021). He had starring roles in the AMC+action series Gangs of London (2020–2022), the science fiction series The Lazarus Project (2020–2023), and Black Mirror: Demon 79 (2023). Essiedu debuted his feature film acting as a policeman in Kenneth Branagh's mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He took roles in the horror film Men (2022), the fantasy film Genie (2023), and the drama The Outrun (2024). He gained acclaim for his stage roles in Caryl Churchill's play A Number (2022) and Lucy Prebble's play The Effect (2023–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paapa Essiedu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy as Delroy
- 2024 · Black Doves as Elmore Fitch
- 2024 · The Outrun as Daynin
- 2024 · National Theatre Live: The Effect as Tristan
- 2023 · Genie as Bernard Bottle
- 2022 · The Lazarus Project as George Addo
- 2022 · Men as James
- 2021 · Anne Boleyn as George Boleyn
- 2021 · Femme as Jordan
- 2021 · The Exit Plan as Zeke
- 2020 · Unsaid Stories as Michael
- 2020 · I May Destroy You as Kwame Acheamong
- 2020 · Gangs of London as Alexander Dumani
- 2019 · Stand Still as David
- 2019 · The Capture as Isaac Turner MP
- 2018 · Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 as Narrator
- 2018 · Black Earth Rising as Jaalen
- 2018 · Press as Ed Washburn
- 2018 · Kiri as Nate Akindele
- 2017 · The Miniaturist as Otto
- 2017 · The Miniaturist as Otto
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Young Policeman
- 2017 · Canned as Charlie
- 2016 · RSC Live: King Lear as Edmund
- 2016 · RSC Live: Hamlet as Hamlet
- 2016 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Hamlet
- 2014 · National Theatre Live: King Lear as The Duke of Burgundy
- 2013 · Utopia as Roy
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Gaap
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Future · The Scurry as
- Future · Babies as Stephen
- Future · Sweet Dreams as Billy