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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.[2][3] From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in series 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... (2020).

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Ben-Adir in January 2021
Born	(1986-02-28) 28 February 1986 (age 36)[1] Gospel Oak, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Early life and education

Ben-Adir was born in Gospel Oak, London, England, to a black Trinidadian mother and a white British father.[4] He attended William Ellis School in Gospel Oak, Northwest London.[5] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011.[6]

Career

In 2011, Ben-Adir performed in Gillian Slovo's critically acclaimed play The Riots at the Tricycle Theatre.[7] In 2012, he played Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

In 2013, he played Borachio in Mark Rylance's production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic in London and also played in God's Property at the Soho Theatre.[8][9]

In 2014, Ben-Adir performed in the play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 at the Bush Theatre in London.[10][11][12] The play received positive reviews.[13]

From 2017 to 2019, Ben-Adir appeared in series four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders, playing the role of Colonel Ben Younger.[14]

In 2020, Ben-Adir starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... directed by Regina King. Ben-Adir starred alongside Eli Goree (Cassius Clay), Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam Cooke), and Aldis Hodge (Jim Brown).

In March 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported that Ben-Adir had joined the Secret Invasion series for Marvel Studios as the main villain.[15]

In February 2022, Ben-Adir was set to play Bob Marley in its untitled biopic directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green.[16] In April 2022, he joined the ensemble cast of Barbie movie.[17]

Work

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	City Slacker	Thug
2013	World War Z	Officer Hawkins	Uncredited
2016	Trespass Against Us	Sampson
2017	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	Wet Stick
2018	The Commuter	Agent Garcia
2019	Noelle	Jake Hapman
2020	One Night in Miami...	Malcolm X
2023	Barbie		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Agatha Christie's Marple	Errol	1 episode
2014–2018	Vera	Dr. Marcus Summer	Main role, 16 episodes
2016	Midsomer Murders	Bartholomew Hines	1 episode
2016	Ordinary Lies	Jake	1 episode
2017	Death in Paradise	Irie Johnson	1 episode
2017	Diana and I	Russell	Television film
2017–2019	Peaky Blinders	Col. Ben Younger	Main role, 5 episodes
2018	Deep State	Khalid Walker	4 episodes
2019	The OA	Karim Washington	Main role, 6 episodes
2020	High Fidelity	Russell McCormack	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2020	Love Life	Grant	1 episode
2020	The Comey Rule	Barack Obama	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2020	Soulmates	Franklin	1 episode
2023	Secret Invasion	Gravik	Upcoming miniseries

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Riots	Performer	Tricycle Theatre, London
2012	A Midsummer's Night Dream	Demetrius	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
2013	Much Ado About Nothing	Borachio	The Old Vic, London
	God's Property		Soho Theatre, London
2014	We Are Proud to Present...	Actor 2	Bush Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2021	British Academy Film Awards	Rising Star Award	Himself	Nominated
2021	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	One Night in Miami	Nominated
2021	Independent Spirit Award	Robert Altman Award		Won
2020	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Actor		Won
2020	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Performer		Nominated
2020	San Francisco Film Awards	Outstanding Ensemble		Won
2020	Atlantic Film Critics Circle	Breakthrough Performer		Won
2020	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2020	Indiana Film Journalists Association	Best Actor		Nominated

References

External links

• Kingsley Ben-Adir at IMDb 

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Kingsley Ben-Adir (Londres, 28 de febrero de 1986) es un actor británico. Ha actuado en varias obras de teatro en Londres. Interpretó al patólogo Marcus Summer en el drama detectivesco de ITV Vera y al detective privado Karim Washington en la segunda temporada de la serie de Netflix The OA.[1][2] De 2017 a 2019, apareció en las series cuatro y cinco de la serie de televisión BBC One Peaky Blinders'. En 2020, protagonizó el papel de Malcolm X en la película de Amazon Studios One Night in Miami (2020).

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