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Kingsley Ben-Adir
ActorBorn November 20, 1986 (38 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love · as Bob Marley |
| 2023 | Barbie · as Ken |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion (TV Series) · as Gravik |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Gravik |
| 2020 | One Night in Miami... · as Malcolm X |
| 2020 | Soulmates (2020) (TV Series) · as Franklin |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule (TV Series) · as Barack Obama |
| 2020 | Love Life (TV Series) · as Grant |
| 2020 | High Fidelity (TV Series) · as Mac |
| 2020 | High Fidelity · as Russell "mac" Mccormack |
| 2019 | Noelle · as Jake Hapman |
| 2018 | Deep State (TV Series) · as Khalid Walker |
| 2018 | The Commuter · as Agent Garcia |
| 2017 | Diana and I · as Russell |
| 2017 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword · as Tristan "wet Stick" |
| 2016 | The OA (TV Series) · as Karim Washington |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us · as Sampson |
| 2015 | Ordinary Lies (TV Series) · as Jake |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders (TV Series) · as Col Ben Younger |
| 2013 | World War Z · as Officer Hawkins |
| 2012 | City Slacker · as Thug |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Gravik (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as Irie Johnson |
| 2011 | Vera (TV Series) · as Dr Marcus Summer |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Errol |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Bartholomew Hines |