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Paapa Essiedu

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35 Years Old

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 the Channel 5 miniseries Anne Boleyn (2021). He had starring roles in the AMC+action series Gangs of London (2020–2022), the science fiction series The Lazarus Project (2020–2023), and Black Mirror: Demon 79 (2023). Essiedu debuted his feature film acting as a policeman in Kenneth Branagh's mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). He took roles in the horror film Men (2022), the fantasy film Genie (2023), and the drama The Outrun (2024). He gained acclaim for his stage roles in Caryl Churchill's play A Number (2022) and Lucy Prebble's play The Effect (2023–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paapa Essiedu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Southwark, London, England, UK on 11th June 1990

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The Graham Norton Show
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Black Mirror
Gaap
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Gangs of London
Alexander Dumani
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The Capture
Isaac Turner MP
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Utopia
Roy
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Black Doves
Elmore Fitch
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I May Destroy You
Kwame Acheamong
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The Lazarus Project
George Addo
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Black Earth Rising
Jaalen
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The Miniaturist
Otto
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Anne Boleyn
George Boleyn
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Murder on the Orient Express
Young Policeman
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Harry Potter
Severus Snape
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Men
James
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The Outrun
Daynin
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Falling
David
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Babies
Stephen
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Kiri
Nate Akindele
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Genie
Bernard Bottle
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Press
Ed Washburn
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The Miniaturist
Otto
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Hamlet
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Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
Narrator
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
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Unsaid Stories
Michael
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RSC Live: Hamlet
Hamlet
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
The Duke of Burgundy
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Femme
Jordan
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RSC Live: King Lear
Edmund
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Sweet Dreams
Billy
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National Theatre Live: The Effect
Tristan
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The Scurry
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Stand Still
David
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Canned
Charlie
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The Exit Plan
Zeke
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National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
Delroy