Kingsley Ben-Adir
Appearance
Kingsley Ben-Adir | |
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![]() Ben-Adir in 2021 | |
Born | [1] Kentish Town, London, England | 20 November 1986
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2012–present |
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. He is known for playing Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019),[2][3] and Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019).
In movies, he played Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios movie One Night in Miami... (2020), Basketball Ken in Barbie (2023) and Bob Marley in the biopic Bob Marley: One Love (2024).
References
[change | change source]- ↑ de Semlyen, Phil (April 1, 2019). "Introducing Kingsley Ben-Adir – the breakout star of 'The OA' season 2". Time Out.
- ↑ "Review: Vera, ITV, 8pm Sunday " Archived 12 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. The Journal.
- ↑ "Vera, series six, episode one, review: 'rescued by Blethyn'". The Telegraph, Gerard O'Donovan 31 January 2016