Cast & creator
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Midsomer Murders
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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film credits
17
television credits
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1953–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Midsomer Murders
Bartholomew Hines
1997
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Death in Paradise
Irie Johnson
2011
Peaky Blinders
Col Ben Younger
2013
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Vera
Dr Marcus Summer
2011
Agatha Christie's Marple
Errol
2004
Barbie
Ken
2023
The Oscars
Self - Performer
1953
Secret Invasion
Gravik
2023
The OA
Karim Washington
2016
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Tristan "Wet Stick"
2017
Love Life
Grant
2020
The Commuter
Agent Garcia
2018
High Fidelity
Russell 'Mac' McCormack
2020
Bob Marley: One Love
Bob Marley
2024
Soulmates
Franklin
2020
The Comey Rule
Barack Obama
2020
One Night in Miami...
Malcolm X
2020
Noelle
Jake Hapman
2019
Trespass Against Us
Sampson
2016
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Self - 'Gravik'
2023The Husbands
Michael
Frank & Louis
Frank
2026
City Slacker
Thug
2012The Arrival
Tom
Scorn
Diana and I
Russell
2017