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  1. Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. His television roles include pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and the Skrull Gravik in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries ...

  2. Feb 16, 2024 · Recently, Ben-Adir explained in detail how he made the transformation, despite little outward resemblance to Marley.

  3. Jan 12, 2021 · For the record, Ben-Adir, who called Hemispheres from London in mid-November, just a few days before his 34th birthday, is the son of a white English father and a mother whose parents were from Trinidad and Tobago, and he grew up in the diverse North London neighborhood of Kentish Town. “Where I went to school there were, like, 82 ...

  4. Feb 13, 2024 · You might guess that, having played Marley, Obama, Malcolm X – not to mention ‘The OA’s New York gumshoe – accents come naturally to Ben-Adir. Not so. ‘I had a couple of really shit ...

  5. Jan 26, 2024 · Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir knows what its like to play an iconic black leader. In the last four years, he has portrayed former US president Barack Obama in The Comey Rule and civil rights activist ...

  6. Mar 13, 2024 · Updated 10:27 AM PDT, March 13, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — The biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” has been a box-office hit in the United States and several other countries. The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, is focused on the Rastafari legend’s story during the making of his 1977 album “Exodus” while leading up to a momentous concert in ...

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  8. Feb 8, 2024 · Ben-Adir continues the theme this winter with Bob Marley: One Love, starring as the iconic Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and Rastafarian opposite Lashana Lynch as Marley’s wife, Rita. Narrowing its focus to an especially turbulent chapter in his life, the film captures Marley’s near assassination in Kingston in 1976; his subsequent ...

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