
Paapa Essiedu
Biography
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/) (born 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous productions, including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), King Lear (2014), Hamlet (2016), and Romeo and Juliet (2016).
His breakthrough came with his role in the HBO miniseries I May Destroy You (2020), which earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 miniseries Anne Boleyn (2021). He had starring roles in the AMC+action series Gangs of London (2020–2022), the science fiction series The Lazarus Project (2020–2023), and Black Mirror: Demon 79 (2023).
Essiedu debuted his feature film acting as a policeman in Kenneth Branagh's mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He took roles in the horror film Men (2022), the fantasy film Genie (2023), and the drama The Outrun (2024). He gained acclaim for his stage roles in Caryl Churchill's play A Number (2022) and Lucy Prebble's play The Effect (2023–2024).
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Acting History
2025
Laundreams
2025National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy as Delroy
2024Black Doves as Elmore Fitch
2024The Outrun as Daynin
2024National Theatre Live: The Effect as Tristan
2023Genie as Bernard Bottle
2022The Lazarus Project as George Addo
2022Men as James
2021Anne Boleyn as George Boleyn
2021Femme as Jordan
2021The Exit Plan as Zeke
2020Unsaid Stories as Michael
2020I May Destroy You as Kwame Acheamong
2020Gangs of London as Alexander Dumani
2019Stand Still as David
2019The Capture as Isaac Turner MP
2018Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 as Narrator
2018Black Earth Rising as Jaalen
2018Press as Ed Washburn
2018Kiri as Nate Akindele
2017The Miniaturist as Otto
2017The Miniaturist as Otto
2017Murder on the Orient Express as Young Policeman
2017Canned as Charlie
2016RSC Live: King Lear as Edmund
2016RSC Live: Hamlet as Hamlet
2016A Midsummer Night's Dream as Demetrius
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Hamlet
2014National Theatre Live: King Lear as The Duke of Burgundy
2013Utopia as Roy
2011Black Mirror as Gaap
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
—Harry Potter as Severus Snape
—Sweet Dreams as Billy
—The Scurry
—Babies as Stephen
—Falling as David









