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Paapa Essiedu
Southwark, London, England, UK
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous p…
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Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His screen breakthrough came in 2020 with his role in BBC One's I May Destroy You, earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 historical drama Anne Boleyn in 2021, and 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 made his feature film acting debut 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.
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2026
Harry Potter
TV show Severus Snape
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2026
Falling
TV show David
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2026
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Movie Chris Keller
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2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Movie Self
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2026
Babies
TV show Stephen
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2026
The Name of Action
Movie Self
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2025
Laundreams
Movie Danny
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2025
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
Movie Delroy
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2024
Black Doves
TV show Elmore Fitch
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2024
The Outrun
Movie Daynin
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2024
National Theatre Live: The Effect
Movie Tristan
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2023
Genie
Movie Bernard Bottle
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2022
The Lazarus Project
TV show George Addo
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2022
Men
Movie James
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2021
Anne Boleyn
TV show George Boleyn
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2021
Femme
Movie Jordan
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2021
The Exit Plan
Movie Zeke
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2020
Unsaid Stories
TV show Michael
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2020
I May Destroy You
TV show Kwame Acheamong
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2020
Gangs of London
TV show Alexander Dumani
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2019
Stand Still
Movie David
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2019
The Capture
TV show Isaac Turner MP
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2018
Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
Movie Narrator
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2018
Black Earth Rising
TV show Jaalen
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2018
Press
TV show Ed Washburn
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2018
Kiri
TV show Nate Akindele
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2017
The Miniaturist
TV show Otto
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2017
The Miniaturist
Movie Otto
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2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie Young Policeman
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2017
Canned
Movie Charlie
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2016
RSC Live: King Lear
Movie Edmund
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2016
RSC Live: Hamlet
Movie Hamlet
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2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Demetrius
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2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie Hamlet
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2015
Not Safe for Work
TV show Paul
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2014
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Movie The Duke of Burgundy
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2013
Utopia
TV show Roy
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2011
Black Mirror
TV show Gaap
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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1997
Glastonbury
TV show Self
