Kingsley Ben-Adir
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Biography
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 28 February 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. He played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's detective drama Vera and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series The OA. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in seasons four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders. In 2020, he starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... In 2023, he played Gravik in Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion as well as starred in Barbie.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
27
Gender
Male
Birthday
1986-11-20 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Acting

2024

Bob Marley: One Love as Bob Marley

2023

Barbie as Ken

2023

Secret Invasion as Gravik

2020

Love Life as Grant

2020

High Fidelity as Russell 'Mac' McCormack

2020

High Fidelity as Mac

2020

Soulmates as Franklin

2020

The Comey Rule as Barack Obama

2020

One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X

2019

Tamron Hall as Self - Guest

2019

Noelle as Jake Hapman

2018

The Commuter as Agent Garcia

2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Tristan "Wet Stick"

2017

Diana and I as Russell

2016

The OA as Karim Washington

2016

Trespass Against Us as Sampson

2013

Peaky Blinders as Col Ben Younger

2012

Honest Trailers as Gravik (archive footage)

2011

Death in Paradise as Irie Johnson

2011

Vera as Dr Marcus Summer

1997

Midsomer Murders as Bartholomew Hines

1953

The Oscars as Self - Performer