Kingsley Ben-Adir

Kingsley Ben-Adir
Born (1986-11-20) 20 November 1986 (age 37)[1]
Kentish Town, London, England
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
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Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. His television roles include pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019),[2][3] Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and the Skrull Gravik in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 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 as Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (2024).

  1. ^ de Semlyen, Phil (1 April 2019). "Introducing Kingsley Ben-Adir – the breakout star of 'The OA' season 2". Time Out.
  2. ^ Whetstone, David (28 April 2014) "Review: Vera, ITV, 8pm Sunday " The Journal.Archived 12 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ O'Donovan, Gerard (31 January 2016). "Vera, series six, episode one, review: 'rescued by Blethyn'". The Telegraph.

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