Benjamin Zephaniah: movies and TV shows
Benjamin Zephaniah has 24 credits in the archive: 11 films and 13 TV series, from 1979 to 2024. Highest rated: Peaky Blinders (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1979 – 2024 · busiest year: 1988 (2 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 2020 | Life & Rhymes | Himself | TV | — | 62 |
| 2020 | Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie Show | Self | TV | — | 60 |
| 2017 | Frankie Boyle's New World Order | Self | TV | — | 59 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Jeremiah Jesus | TV | 8.5 | 55 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2010 | PS Your Mystery Sender | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2007 | The Big Questions | Self | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2005 | A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2003 | QI | Self | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind | TV | — | 45 | |
| 2002 | Mad Dogs | Poet | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 40 |
| 1996 | I Bring You Frankincense | Richard's father | Film | — | 38 |
| 1994 | Truth or Dairy | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1992 | Dread Poets' Society | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1990 | Farendj | Moses | Film | — | 32 |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Rufus | Film | — | 30 |
| 1988 | Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile | Street Corner Poet 1 | Film | — | 30 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Benjamin Zephaniah | TV | — | 28 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Rufus | TV | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1981 | 40 Minutes | TV | 6.4 | 23 | |
| 1979 | Question Time | Self - Panellist | TV | 5.9 | 21 |