Paapa Essiedu

Known for ActingBorn 1990-06-11 (age 36)Southwark, London, England, UK

Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His screen breakthrough came in 2020 with his role in BBC One's I May Destroy You, earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 historical drama Anne Boleyn in 2021, and 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 made his feature film acting debut 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paapa Essiedu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

Black Mirror

RSC Live: Hamlet

Femme

RSC Live: King Lear

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic

Utopia

Gangs of London

The Capture

The Exit Plan

I May Destroy You

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

The Lazarus Project

Black Doves

The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist

The Graham Norton Show

National Theatre Live: King Lear

Press

The Outrun

Not Safe for Work

Murder on the Orient Express

Genie

Black Earth Rising

Men

Kiri

Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70

Canned

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Babies

Anne Boleyn

Falling

The Name of Action

Harry Potter

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic

National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy

Laundreams

National Theatre Live: The Effect

Unsaid Stories

Stand Still

Sweet Dreams

The Scurry

Tyrant