Acting
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Born 1967-03-24
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Kwame Kwei-Armah
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Skins
2007
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Cutthroat Island
1995
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Casualty
1986
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Lewis
2007
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
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Breaking
2022
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Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
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Pride
2004
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
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The Afternoon Play
2003
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (27 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Breaking | Writer | Movie | 2022 |
 | Twelfth Night | Writer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | Swingin' the Dream | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent | Himself | Movie | 2020 |
 | Walter's War | Daniel Tull | Movie | 2008 |
| Walter's War | Writer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Black Power Salute | Self | Movie | 2008 |
 | Lewis | Danny Adebayou | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Skins | Personal Trainer | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Fade to Black | Joe Black | Movie | 2006 |
 | Pride | Lush (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Elmina’s Kitchen | Writer | Movie | 2004 |
 | Comic Relief Does Fame Academy | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Afternoon Play | Walter Weinberg | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Gunslinger's Revenge | Rastafarian | Movie | 1998 |
 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Male C. I. D. Officer | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Cutthroat Island | Dawg's Pirate | Movie | 1995 |
 | Escape From Kampala | Joseph (as Ian Roberts) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Casualty | Lloyd Wincott | TV Series | 1986 |
| Casualty | Finlay Newton | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Birth of a Nation | Paul (as Ian Roberts) | Movie | 1983 |
| The Latchkey Children | Duke | TV Series | 1980 | |
 | Boner | Writer | Movie | — |
| The Saint | Screenplay | Movie | — | |
 | The Collaboration | Director | Movie | — |