Cast & creator
Benjamin Zephaniah
Best known for Peaky Blinders, The South Bank Show, QI
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
Movies
18
film credits
Series
16
television credits
Career
30
1978–2024 · acting roles
Credit score
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (34)
Showing 34 of 34 credits
Series
★ 8.5
Peaky Blinders
Jeremiah Jesus
2013
Series
★ 5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
★ 7.9
QI
Self
2003
Series
★ 5.9
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
★ 6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Series
★ 7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
Rufus
1982
Series
★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
Benjamin Zephaniah
1986Series
★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
Writer
1986
Series
★ 6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Series
★ 6.4
40 Minutes
1981
Series
★ 6.7
The Big Questions
Self
2007
Series
★ 4.3
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Series
★ 6.9
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
Self
2017C
Series
Crucial Tales
Richard's father
1996
Movie
★ 0.5
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Narrator
2024
Movie
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Rufus
1988
Movie
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
Self
2020
Movie
★ 10.0
I Bring You Frankincense
Richard's father
1996P
Movie
PS Your Mystery Sender
2010
Movie
Truth or Dairy
Self
1994
Movie
★ 3.8
Farendj
Moses
1991
Series
★ 10.0
Life & Rhymes
Himself
2020
Movie
Dread Poets' Society
Self
1992Movie
Dread Poets' Society
Writer
1992
Movie
Language is the Key
Himself
1985
Movie
★ 8.0
Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
Street Corner Poet 1
1988
Movie
Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet
Self
1982Movie
Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet
Music
1982
Movie
★ 4.8
Mad Dogs
Poet
2002
Movie
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Self
2005Movie
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
Writer
2005
Movie
Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983M
Movie
★ 8.2
Making the Connection
Himself
2010