Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Movies: 10Series: 16
TMDB ID: 1417352
IMDb ID: nm4667984
Known for: Acting
Born: November 20, 1986
Age: 39
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q24572132
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kingsley Ben-Adir.
Frank & Louis
as Frank
2026 Movie
6.6
Bob Marley: One Love
as Bob Marley
2024 Movie
5.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Gravik'
2023 Movie
6.9
Barbie
as Ken
2023 Movie
7.0
One Night in Miami...
as Malcolm X
2020 Movie
6.6
Noelle
as Jake Hapman
2019 Movie
6.4
The Commuter
as Agent Garcia
2018 Movie
7.5
Diana and I
as Russell
2017 Movie
6.5
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
as Tristan "Wet Stick"
2017 Movie
5.8
Trespass Against Us
as Sampson
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kingsley Ben-Adir.
6.5
Secret Invasion
as Gravik • 6 eps
2023 Series
6.0
Soulmates
as Franklin • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
The Comey Rule
as Barack Obama • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.0
Love Life
as Grant • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.6
High Fidelity
as Russell 'Mac' McCormack • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The OA
as Karim Washington • 8 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.5
Peaky Blinders
as Col Ben Younger • 7 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Irie Johnson • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Vera
as Dr Marcus Summer • 12 eps
2011 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Errol • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Bartholomew Hines • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self - Performer • 1 eps
1953 Series