Paapa Essiedu
Birthday
1990/06/11 (34 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Southwark, London, England, UK
Also know as
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
Biography
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/) (born 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous productions, including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), King Lear (2014), Hamlet (2016), and Romeo and Juliet (2016). His breakthrough came with his role in the HBO miniseries I May Destroy You (2020), which earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in t...Read more
Acting
(2017) Canned
as Charlie
(2021) The Exit Plan
as Zeke
(2024) The Outrun
as Daynin
(2023) Genie
as Bernard Bottle
(2024) National Theatre Live: The Effect
as Tristan
Sweet Dreams
as Billy
The Scurry
as ---
(2016) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
(2016) Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Hamlet
(2014) National Theatre Live: King Lear
as The Duke of Burgundy
(2016) RSC Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
(2017) The Miniaturist
as Otto
(2018) Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
as Narrator
(2016) RSC Live: King Lear
as Edmund
(2021) Femme
as Jordan
(2019) Stand Still
as David
(2022) Men
as James
(2017) Murder on the Orient Express
as Young Policeman
(2025) National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
as Delroy
(2021) Anne Boleyn
as George Boleyn
(2011) Black Mirror
as Gaap
(2020) I May Destroy You
as Kwame Acheamong
(2018) Kiri
as Nate Akindele
(2017) The Miniaturist
as Otto
(2022) The Lazarus Project
as George Addo
(2018) Press
as Ed Washburn
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2018) Black Earth Rising
as Jaalen
(2020) Gangs of London
as Alexander Dumani
(2019) The Capture
as Isaac Turner MP
(2013) Utopia
as Roy
Babies
as Stephen
(2024) Black Doves
as Elmore Fitch