Kingsley Ben-Adir
Biography
Kingsley Ben-Adir is a British actor who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, finishing in 2011. He began on stage that year at the Tricycle Theatre in Gillian Slovo's The Riots. His stage work continued in 2012 with Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, staged at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and in 2013 he took the part of Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic. On television he played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera, private detective Karim Washington in Netflix's The OA, Colonel Ben Younger on the BBC drama Peaky Blinders, and Gravik in Secret Invasion. His film breakthrough came as Malcolm X in One Night in Miami... (2020), a performance that earned him a Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer. He went on to play Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (2024) and joined the ensemble of Barbie (2023).
39years old
Turns 40 on November 20in 10 days
- Born Gospel Oak
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 8 years2016 to 2024
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Worked with
Kingsley Ben-Adir shares two films with Killian Scott, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Greta Gerwig
All films by Guy Ritchie
Jaume Collet-SerraDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Jaume Collet-Serra
Awards
One award and honor.
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