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Kwame Kwei-Armah

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Kwame Kwei-Armah

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 24, 1967 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

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

Acting
2021Swingin' the Dream
2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf
2020Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a ContinentHimself
2008Black Power SaluteSelf
2008Walter's WarDaniel Tull
2007SkinsPersonal Trainer
2006Fade to BlackJoe Black
2004PrideLush (voice)
2003Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003The Afternoon PlayWalter Weinberg
1998Gunslinger's RevengeRastafarian
1997An Unsuitable Job for a WomanMale C. I. D. Officer
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf
1995Cutthroat IslandDawg's Pirate
1991Escape From KampalaJoseph (as Ian Roberts)
1986CasualtyLloyd Wincott
1986CasualtyFinlay Newton
1983Birth of a NationPaul (as Ian Roberts)
Directing
-The CollaborationDirector
Writing
2022BreakingWriter
2021Twelfth NightWriter
2008Walter's WarWriter
2004Elmina’s KitchenWriter
-BonerWriter
-The SaintScreenplay