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Kingsley Ben-Adir

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 20, 1986 (39)
Birthplace London, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 15, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. His credits include playing pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and Gravik in the superhero m ... iniseries Secret Invasion (2023). He starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... (2020), for which he won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer, and as Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kingsley Ben-Adir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love

2024

as Bob Marley

Barbie

Barbie

2023

as Ken

One Night in Miami...

One Night in Miami...

2020

as Malcolm X

Noelle

Noelle

2019

as Jake Hapman

The Commuter

The Commuter

2018

as Agent Garcia

Diana and I

Diana and I

2017

as Russell

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

as Tristan "Wet Stick"

Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us

2016

as Sampson

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Vera

as Dr Marcus Summer

Episodes: 12

First Aired: May 01, 2011

The OA

as Karim Washington

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Dec 16, 2016

Peaky Blinders

as Col Ben Younger

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 12, 2013

Secret Invasion

as Gravik

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 21, 2023

Death in Paradise

as Irie Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

High Fidelity

as Mac

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 2020

High Fidelity

as Russell 'Mac' McCormack

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 2020

Midsomer Murders

as Bartholomew Hines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Errol

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Love Life

as Grant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 27, 2020

The Comey Rule

as Barack Obama

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 2020

Soulmates

as Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 2020

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

The Oscars

as Self - Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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