Kingsley Ben-Adir

Kingsley Ben-Adir (born c. 1986/1987) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. He played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's detective drama Vera and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series The OA.[2][3]

Not to be confused with Ben Kingsley.
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Born1986/1987 (age 33–34)[1]
Gospel Oak, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Early life and education

Ben-Adir was born in Gospel Oak, London, England. He was born to an English mother and a Moroccan father. He attended William Ellis School in Gospel Oak, Northwest London.[4] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011.[5]

Career

In 2011, Ben-Adir performed in Gillian Slovo's critically acclaimed play The Riots at the Tricycle Theatre.[6] In 2012, he played Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

In 2013, he played Borachio in Mark Rylance's production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic in London and also played in God's Property at the Soho Theatre.[7][8]

In 2014, Ben-Adir performed in the play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 at the Bush Theatre in London.[9][10][11] The play received positive reviews.[12]

From 2017 to 2019, Ben-Adir appeared in series four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders, playing the role of Colonel Ben Younger.[13]

In 2020, Ben-Adir starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... directed by Regina King. Ben-Adir starred along side Eli Goree (Cassius Clay), Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam Cooke), and Aldis Hodge (Jim Brown).

References
  1. de Semlyen, Phil (April 1, 2019). "Introducing Kingsley Ben-Adir – the breakout star of 'The OA' season 2". Time Out.
  2. "Review: Vera, ITV, 8pm Sunday ". The Journal.
  3. "Vera, series six, episode one, review: 'rescued by Blethyn'". The Telegraph, Gerard O'Donovan 31 January 2016
  4. "Big Parts of my Life". Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  5. "Kingsley Ben-Adir". gsmd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  6. "Khalid Walker - Played by Kingsley Ben-Adir". EPIX
  7. "Love and Acceptance in ‘God's Property’". The Platform, Dornett Roachford, March 21, 2013
  8. "God's Property, Soho Theatre - review". Evening Standard, 27 February 2013.
  9. "We Are Proud to Present… review – 'A Pirandellian take on a little-known genocide'". The Guardian. Michael Billington, 5 March 2014
  10. "We Are Proud to Present, theatre review. Bush Theatre, London". The Independent, Paul Taylor 10 March 2014
  11. "We Are Proud To Present… at Bush Theatre takes your breath away". Metro, Siobhan Murphy. Friday 7 Mar 2014
  12. "Review: ‘We Are Proud to present…’". What's On - Africa, March 20, 2014
  13. Watson, Fay (2019-11-13). "Peaky Blinders: Why did Colonel Ben Younger star Kingsley Ben-Adir leave?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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