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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-11-20 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Biography

Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 28 February 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. He played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's detective drama Vera and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series The OA. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in seasons four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders. In 2020, he starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... In 2023, he played Gravik in Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion as well as starred in Barbie.

Known For

Acting

Bob Marley: One Love

2024

Bob Marley: One Love

as

Bob Marley

Barbie

2023

Barbie

as

Ken

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

as

Tristan "Wet Stick"

Trespass Against Us

2016

Trespass Against Us

as

Sampson

Diana and I

2017

Diana and I

as

Russell

The Commuter

2018

The Commuter

as

Agent Garcia

Noelle

2019

Noelle

as

Jake Hapman

One Night in Miami...

2020

One Night in Miami...

as

Malcolm X

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

as

Self - Guest

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Irie Johnson

Vera

Vera

as

Dr Marcus Summer

High Fidelity

High Fidelity

as

Russell 'Mac' McCormack

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

as

Gravik (archive footage)

The OA

The OA

as

Karim Washington

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self - Performer

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

as

Col Ben Younger

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Bartholomew Hines

Love Life

Love Life

as

Grant

The Comey Rule

The Comey Rule

as

Barack Obama

Soulmates

Soulmates

as

Franklin

Production

Crew

Directing