Kwame Kwei-Armah
Birthday
1967/03/24 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Also know as
Ian Roberts
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.
Acting
(2008) Black Power Salute
as Self
(1991) Escape From Kampala
as Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
(2006) Fade to Black
as Joe Black
(1983) Birth of a Nation
as Paul (as Ian Roberts)
(2004) Pride
as Lush (voice)
(1995) Cutthroat Island
as Dawg's Pirate
(2008) Walter's War
as Daniel Tull
(1998) Gunslinger's Revenge
as Rastafarian
(2020) Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Himself
(2021) Swingin' the Dream
as ---
(2021) Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
(2003) Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
as ---
(1986) Casualty
as Lloyd Wincott
(1986) Casualty
as Finlay Newton
(1996) Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
(2007) Skins
as Personal Trainer
(2003) The Afternoon Play
as Walter Weinberg