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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

24

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-03-24 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Also Known As

Ian Roberts

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Biography

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a British actor, playwright, director, singer, and broadcaster. He is best known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama Casualty from 1999 until 2004. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End of London.

Known For

Acting

Escape From Kampala

1991

Escape From Kampala

as

Joseph (as Ian Roberts)

Fade to Black

2006

Fade to Black

as

Joe Black

Birth of a Nation

1983

Birth of a Nation

as

Paul (as Ian Roberts)

Pride

2004

Pride

as

Lush (voice)

Cutthroat Island

1995

Cutthroat Island

as

Dawg's Pirate

Walter's War

2008

Walter's War

as

Daniel Tull

Gunslinger's Revenge

1998

Gunslinger's Revenge

as

Rastafarian

Casualty

Casualty

as

Lloyd Wincott

Casualty

Casualty

as

Finlay Newton

Skins

Skins

as

Personal Trainer

The Afternoon Play

The Afternoon Play

as

Walter Weinberg

Production

Crew

Directing