Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Acting 49 August 23, 1977

Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana

Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in Ghost Stories (2017), Oliver in The…

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Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

7.4 2016 Movie
Justice League

Justice League

6.1 2017 Movie
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League

8.1 2021 Movie
The Commuter

The Commuter

6.4 2018 Movie
Wonka

Wonka

7.0 2023 Movie
The Gorge

The Gorge

7.7 2025 Movie
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

6.5 2018 Movie
Paddington 2

Paddington 2

7.5 2017 Movie
The Sheep Detectives

The Sheep Detectives

7.9 2026 Movie
His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

7.8 2019 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

6.4 2018 Movie

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Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in Ghost Stories (2017), Oliver in The Commuter, Templeton Frye in Mary Poppins Returns and Doctor Wren in Gwen (2018). He has portrayed Crispus Allen in the superhero film Justice League (2017), part of the DC Extended Universe. For his performance in Tina in the West End, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2027
    Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

    Movie

  2. 2026
    The Sheep Detectives

    Movie Reverend Hillcoate

  3. 2025
    End of Play

    Movie The Caretaker

  4. 2025
    Wolf King

    TV show Master Hogan (voice)

  5. 2025
    The Gorge

    Movie Black Ops Commander

  6. 2025
    National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

    Movie Tullus Aufidius

  7. 2024
    Mr Loverman

    TV show Tony

  8. 2024
    Apartment 7A

    Movie BJ

  9. 2024
    The Veil

    TV show Johnson

  10. 2024
    National Theatre Live: The Effect

    Movie Dr Toby Sealey

  11. 2023
    Wonka

    Movie Officer Affable

  12. 2023
    Sumotherhood

    Movie Shotti

  13. 2023
    Pretty Hands

    Movie Pastor Paul

  14. 2023
    TAMING A SEAHORSE

    Movie Solomon

  15. 2022
    Twice As Good

    Movie Dee Dee (Adult)

  16. 2021
    Superworm

    Movie Wizard Lizard (voice)

More credits
  1. 2021
    Ragdoll

    TV show Joel Shepton

  2. 2021
    Red Election

    TV show Levi Nichols

  3. 2021
    Dreaming Whilst Black

    TV show Rudolph

  4. 2021
    Zack Snyder's Justice League

    Movie Detective Crispus Allen

  5. 2019
    His Dark Materials

    TV show Balthamos

  6. 2018
    Mary Poppins Returns

    Movie Frye / Weasel (voice)

  7. 2018
    Gwen

    Movie Doctor Wren

  8. 2018
    Ghost Stories

    Movie Father Emery

  9. 2018
    The Commuter

    Movie Oliver

  10. 2017
    Justice League

    Movie Detective Crispus Allen

  11. 2017
    Paddington 2

    Movie Warden Walker

  12. 2017
    Motherland

    TV show Nick

  13. 2016
    Doctor Strange

    Movie Physical Therapist

  14. 2016
    Class

    TV show Jasper Adeola

  15. 2016
    The Roof

    Movie David Lan's Assistant

  16. 2015
    Capital

    TV show Mashinko

  17. 2015
    The Last Panthers

    TV show James Davis

  18. 2015
    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    Movie Laertes

  19. 2014
    The Double

    Movie Guard / Doctor

  20. 2014
    Turks & Caicos

    Movie Colin Maitlis

  21. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Marvin Morris

  22. 2012
    National Theatre Live: Antigone

    Movie Messenger

  23. 2012
    Womack

    Movie Dan Tan

  24. 2012
    Rahab

    Movie Mill