Kingsley Ben-Adir
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 a...
Known For
Filmography
Frank & Louis
2026
as Frank
Bob Marley: One Love
2024
as Bob Marley
Barbie
2023
as Ken
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023
as Self - 'Gravik'
Secret Invasion
2023
as Gravik
One Night in Miami...
2020
as Malcolm X
High Fidelity
2020
as Russell 'Mac' McCormack
Love Life
2020
as Grant
The Comey Rule
2020
as Barack Obama
Soulmates
2020
as Franklin
Noelle
2019
as Jake Hapman
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Commuter
2018
as Agent Garcia
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
as Tristan "Wet Stick"
Diana and I
2017
as Russell
Trespass Against Us
2016
as Sampson
The OA
2016
as Karim Washington
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Col Ben Younger
City Slacker
2012
as Thug
Death in Paradise
2011
as Irie Johnson
Vera
2011
as Dr Marcus Summer
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Errol
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Bartholomew Hines
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Performer