Kingsley Ben-Adir
Acting Born Nov 20, 1986 London, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. His credits include playing pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and Gravik in the superhero 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).
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Bartholomew Hines
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Peaky Blinders (2013) as Col Ben Younger
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Irie Johnson
- Vera (2011) as Dr Marcus Summer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Errol
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Barbie (2023) as Ken
- The Oscars (1953) as Self - Performer
- The OA (2016) as Karim Washington
- Secret Invasion (2023) as Gravik
- Soulmates (2020) as Franklin
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) as Tristan "Wet Stick"
- Love Life (2020) as Grant
- High Fidelity (2020) as Russell 'Mac' McCormack
- The Commuter (2018) as Agent Garcia
- Bob Marley: One Love (2024) as Bob Marley
- The Comey Rule (2020) as Barack Obama
- Noelle (2019) as Jake Hapman
- One Night in Miami... (2020) as Malcolm X
- The Husbands as Michael
- Frank & Louis (2026) as Frank