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Benjamin Zephaniah

Acting Born Apr 15, 1958 Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

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Full filmography

  • Peaky Blinders (2013) as Jeremiah Jesus
  • QI (2003) as Self
  • Question Time (1979) as Self - Panellist
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) as Rufus
  • Parkinson (1998) as Self
  • Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
  • ScreenPlay (1986) as Benjamin Zephaniah
  • The Big Questions (2007) as Self
  • The Big Narstie Show (2018) as Self
  • Frankie Boyle's New World Order (2017) as Self
  • 40 Minutes (1981)
  • Mad Dogs (2002) as Poet
  • Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1988) as Rufus
  • Life & Rhymes (2020) as Himself
  • Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World (2020) as Self
  • Dread Poets' Society (1992) as Self
  • Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (2024) as Narrator
  • I Bring You Frankincense (1996) as Richard's father
  • Farendj (1990) as Moses
  • Truth or Dairy (1994) as Self
  • Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile (1988) as Street Corner Poet 1
  • A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah (2005) as Self
  • PS Your Mystery Sender (2010)