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.

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Acting

2024

Bob Marley: One Love as Bob Marley

2023		Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Gravik'
2023		Barbie as Ken
2023		Secret Invasion as Gravik

2020		One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X
2020		Soulmates as Franklin
2020		The Comey Rule as Barack Obama
2020		Love Life as Grant
2020		High Fidelity as Russell 'Mac' McCormack
2020		High Fidelity as Mac

2019		Noelle as Jake Hapman
2019		The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019		Tamron Hall as Self - Guest

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 as Karim Washington
2016		Trespass Against Us as Sampson

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self

2013

Peaky Blinders as Col Ben Younger

2012

Honest Trailers as Gravik (archive footage)

2011		Death in Paradise as Irie Johnson
2011		Vera as Dr Marcus Summer

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Errol

1997

Midsomer Murders as Bartholomew Hines

1953

The Oscars as Self - Performer