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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 20, 1986
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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Kingsley Ben-Adir
Biography
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 miniseries 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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | Bob Marley |
| 2023 | Barbie | Ken |
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion | Self - 'Gravik' |
| 2020 | One Night in Miami... | Malcolm X |
| 2019 | Noelle | Jake Hapman |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Agent Garcia |
| 2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Tristan "Wet Stick" |
| 2017 | Diana and I | Russell |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Sampson |
| The Arrival | Tom | |
| Frank & Louis | Frank |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | Gravik |
| 2020 | High Fidelity | Russell 'Mac' McCormack |
| 2020 | Love Life | Grant |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule | Barack Obama |
| 2020 | Soulmates | Franklin |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2016 | The OA | Karim Washington |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Col Ben Younger |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Irie Johnson |
| 2011 | Vera | Marcus Summer |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Errol |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Bartholomew Hines |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Performer |