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Kingsley Ben-Adir

  • Born Nov. 20, 1986
  • London, England, UK
  • 39 years old

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 …

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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.

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Ken

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Col Ben Younger

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Tristan "Wet Stick"

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Agent Garcia

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Gravik

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Karim Washington

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Bob Marley

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Jake Hapman

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Malcolm X

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Bartholomew Hines

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Sampson

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Irie Johnson

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Russell 'Mac' McCormack

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Dr Marcus Summer

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Errol

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Grant

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Franklin

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Barack Obama

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Thug

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Russell

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Frank

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Tom

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Michael

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Self - Performer

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Self - 'Gravik'