
Kingsley Ben-Adir
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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Acting History
2026
Frank & Louis as Frank
2024Bob Marley: One Love as Bob Marley
2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Gravik'
2023Barbie as Ken
2023Secret Invasion as Gravik
2020One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X
2020Soulmates as Franklin
2020The Comey Rule as Barack Obama
2020Love Life as Grant
2020High Fidelity as Russell 'Mac' McCormack
2019Noelle as Jake Hapman
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018The Commuter as Agent Garcia
2017Diana and I as Russell
2017King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Tristan "Wet Stick"
2016The OA as Karim Washington
2016Trespass Against Us as Sampson
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2013Peaky Blinders as Col Ben Younger
2011Death in Paradise as Irie Johnson
2011Vera as Marcus Summer
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Errol
1997Midsomer Murders as Bartholomew Hines
1953The Oscars as Self - Performer
—The Arrival as Tom









