Acting

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Born November 20, 1986 · London, England, UK (age 39)

Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. His credits include playing pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and Gravik in the superhero miniseries Secret Invasion (2023). He starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in M…

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Barbie

MovieComedyAdventure

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword · 2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

MovieActionDrama

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

The Commuter

The Commuter · 2018

MovieActionThriller

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love · 2024

Bob Marley: One Love

MovieMusicHistory

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us · 2016

Trespass Against Us

MovieActionCrime

Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad Cutler ends up caught between his father's archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, whilst the full force of the law is finally catching up with him.

Frank & Louis

Frank & Louis · 2026

Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging incarcerated men with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow prisoner Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.

Noelle

MovieFamilyComedy

Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

One Night in Miami...

One Night in Miami... · 2020

One Night in Miami...

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

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Barbie

MovieComedyAdventure

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Ken

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword · 2017

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

MovieActionDrama

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

Tristan "Wet Stick"

The Commuter

The Commuter · 2018

MovieActionThriller

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

Agent Garcia

Bob Marley: One Love

Bob Marley: One Love · 2024

Bob Marley: One Love

MovieMusicHistory

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.

Bob Marley

Trespass Against Us

Trespass Against Us · 2016

Trespass Against Us

MovieActionCrime

Three generations of the rowdy Cutler family live as outlaws in some of Britain's richest countryside – hunting hares, ram-raiding stately homes, and taunting the police. Struggling to retain a way of life fast becoming extinct, Chad Cutler ends up caught between his father's archaic principles and trying to do right by his kids, whilst the full force of the law is finally catching up with him.

Sampson

Frank & Louis

Frank & Louis · 2026

Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for aging incarcerated men with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow prisoner Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.

Frank

Noelle

MovieFamilyComedy

Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

Jake Hapman

One Night in Miami...

One Night in Miami... · 2020

One Night in Miami...

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

Malcolm X

City Slacker

City Slacker · 2012

Amanda is a corporate highflier who needs a slacker so she can have a baby and keep her career.

Thug

Diana and I

Diana and I · 2017

MovieDramaTV Movie

In the week that follows Princess Diana's tragic death on 31 August 1997, four separate stories unfold as four ordinary lives are all affected in different ways in this commemorative drama from writer Jeremy Brock and director Peter Cattaneo.

Russell

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders · 1997

Midsomer Murders

SeriesCrimeDrama

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Bartholomew Hines

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise · 2011

Death in Paradise

SeriesComedyCrime

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.

Irie Johnson

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders · 2013

SeriesDramaCrime

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Col Ben Younger

Vera

SeriesCrimeDrama

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Dr Marcus Summer

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple · 2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

SeriesDramaCrime

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Errol

The OA

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.

Karim Washington

Secret Invasion

Secret Invasion · 2023

Secret Invasion

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.

Gravik

High Fidelity

High Fidelity · 2020

SeriesComedyDrama

Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.

Russell 'Mac' McCormack

Love Life

Love Life · 2020

SeriesComedyDrama

A romantic comedy anthology series which follows a different protagonist each season on the journey from first love to last love, with each half-hour episode chronicling one of their relationships.

Grant

Soulmates

Soulmates · 2020

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyCrime

Fifteen years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is.

Franklin

The Comey Rule

The Comey Rule · 2020

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation. This two-part biopic tells the story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.

Barack Obama