archytele The Vault

Paapa Essiedu

Acting Born Jun 11, 1990 Southwark, London, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

His screen breakthrough came in 2020 with his role in BBC One's I May Destroy You, earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 historical drama Anne Boleyn in 2021, and had starring roles in the AMC+ action series Gangs of London (2020–2022), the science fiction series The Lazarus Project (2020–2023), and Black Mirror: Demon 79 (2023).

Essiedu made his feature film acting debut as a policeman in Kenneth Branagh's mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He took roles in the horror film Men (2022), the fantasy film Genie (2023), and the drama The Outrun (2024). He gained acclaim for his stage roles in Caryl Churchill's play A Number (2022), and Lucy Prebble's play The Effect (2023–2024).

Description above from the Wikipedia article Paapa Essiedu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Paapa Essiedu.

Known for

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Black Mirror

as Gaap

The Capture

as Isaac Turner MP

The Capture

as Isaac Turner

Gangs of London

as Alexander Dumani

Full filmography

  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Black Mirror (2011) as Gaap
  • The Capture (2019) as Isaac Turner MP
  • The Capture (2019) as Isaac Turner
  • Gangs of London (2020) as Alexander Dumani
  • Black Doves (2024) as Elmore Fitch
  • Utopia (2013) as Roy
  • Murder on the Orient Express (2017) as Young Policeman
  • Harry Potter (2026) as Severus Snape
  • The Lazarus Project (2022) as George Addo
  • Black Earth Rising (2018) as Jaalen
  • I May Destroy You (2020) as Kwame Acheamong
  • Men (2022) as James
  • The Miniaturist (2017) as Otto
  • Anne Boleyn (2021) as George Boleyn
  • The Outrun (2024) as Daynin
  • Babies (2026) as Stephen
  • Falling (2026) as David
  • Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic (2026) as Self
  • Press (2018) as Ed Washburn
  • Kiri (2018) as Nate Akindele
  • Not Safe for Work (2015) as Paul
  • Genie (2023) as Bernard Bottle
  • Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 (2018) as Narrator