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Kwame Kwei-Armah

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Born: 1967-03-24 • Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking poster
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 • Self
Swingin' the Dream poster
Swingin' the Dream
2021
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent poster
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
2020 • Himself
Walter's War poster
Walter's War
2008 • Daniel Tull
Black Power Salute poster
Black Power Salute
2008 • Self
Fade to Black poster
Fade to Black
2006 • Joe Black
Pride poster
Pride
2004 • Lush (voice)
Gunslinger's Revenge poster
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998 • Rastafarian
Cutthroat Island poster
Cutthroat Island
1995 • Dawg's Pirate
Escape From Kampala poster
Escape From Kampala
1991 • Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
Birth of a Nation poster
Birth of a Nation
1983 • Paul (as Ian Roberts)