Person
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Acting · Born 1986-11-20 · London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kingsley Ben-Adir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Midsomer Murders
Bartholomew Hines
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Peaky Blinders
Col Ben Younger
Death in Paradise
Irie Johnson
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Vera
Dr Marcus Summer
Agatha Christie's Marple
Errol
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Barbie
Ken
Filmography
- 2026Frank & LouisFrank
- 2024Bob Marley: One LoveBob Marley
- 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret InvasionSelf - 'Gravik'
- 2023BarbieKen
- 2023Secret InvasionGravik
- 2020One Night in Miami...Malcolm X
- 2020SoulmatesFranklin
- 2020The Comey RuleBarack Obama
- 2020Love LifeGrant
- 2020High FidelityRussell 'Mac' McCormack
- 2019NoelleJake Hapman
- 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2018The CommuterAgent Garcia
- 2017Diana and IRussell
- 2017King Arthur: Legend of the SwordTristan "Wet Stick"
- 2016The OAKarim Washington
- 2016Trespass Against UsSampson
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
- 2013Peaky BlindersCol Ben Younger
- 2012City SlackerThug
- 2011Death in ParadiseIrie Johnson
- 2011VeraDr Marcus Summer
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleErrol
- 1997Midsomer MurdersBartholomew Hines
- 1953The OscarsSelf - Performer
- —The ArrivalTom
- —Scorn
- —The HusbandsMichael
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