
Birthday
1958/04/15
Day of death
2023/12/07 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Also know as
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Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

(2002) Mad Dogs
as Poet

(1990) Farendj
as Moses

(1992) Dread Poets' Society
as Self

(2005) A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
as Self

(2024) Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
as Narrator
(2010) Making the Connection
as Himself

(1982) Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet
as Self

(1988) Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
as Street Corner Poet 1

(1996) I Bring You Frankincense
as Richard's father

(1988) Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Rufus

(1994) Truth or Dairy
as Self

(1983) Who Killed Colin Roach?
as ---

(2020) Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
as Self
(2010) PS Your Mystery Sender
as ---

(2007) The Big Questions
as Self

(2020) Life & Rhymes
as Himself

(2017) Frankie Boyle's New World Order
as Self

(2013) Peaky Blinders
as Jeremiah Jesus

(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant

(1979) Question Time
as Self - Panellist

(2018) The Big Narstie Show
as Self

(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Rufus

(2003) QI
as Self

(1998) Parkinson
as Self

(1981) 40 Minutes
as ---