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Kwame Kwei-Armah

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
20

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 24, 1967 (59 years old)

Place of Birth
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Biography

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a British actor, playwright, director, singer, and broadcaster. He is best known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama Casualty from 1999 until 2004. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End of London.

Known For

Acting

2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmakingas Self
2021Swingin' the Dreamas
2020Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continentas Himself
2008Walter's Waras Daniel Tull
2008Black Power Saluteas Self
2007Lewisas Danny Adebayou
2007Skinsas Personal Trainer
2006Fade to Blackas Joe Black
2004Prideas Lush (voice)
2003Comic Relief Does Fame Academyas
2003The Afternoon Playas Walter Weinberg
1998Gunslinger's Revengeas Rastafarian
1997An Unsuitable Job for a Womanas Male C. I. D. Officer
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocksas Self
1995Cutthroat Islandas Dawg's Pirate
1991Escape From Kampalaas Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
1986Casualtyas Finlay Newton
1986Casualtyas Lloyd Wincott
1983Birth of a Nationas Paul (as Ian Roberts)
1980The Latchkey Childrenas Duke

Production

2022Breaking...Writer
2021Twelfth Night...Writer
2008Walter's War...Writer
2004Elmina’s Kitchen...Writer
The Collaboration...Director
Boner...Writer
The Saint...Screenplay