Paapa Essiedu
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.
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Credits
- 2025 ·National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroyas Delroy
- 2024 ·Black Dovesas Elmore Fitch
- 2024 ·The Outrunas Daynin
- 2024 ·National Theatre Live: The Effectas Tristan
- 2023 ·Genieas Bernard Bottle
- 2022 ·The Lazarus Projectas George Addo
- 2022 ·Menas James
- 2021 ·Anne Boleynas George Boleyn
- 2021 ·Femmeas Jordan
- 2021 ·The Exit Planas Zeke
- 2020 ·Unsaid Storiesas Michael
- 2020 ·I May Destroy Youas Kwame Acheamong
- 2020 ·Gangs of Londonas Alexander Dumani
- 2019 ·Stand Stillas David
- 2019 ·The Captureas Isaac Turner MP
- 2018 ·Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70as Narrator
- 2018 ·Black Earth Risingas Jaalen
- 2018 ·Pressas Ed Washburn
- 2018 ·Kirias Nate Akindele
- 2017 ·The Miniaturistas Otto
- 2017 ·The Miniaturistas Otto
- 2017 ·Murder on the Orient Expressas Young Policeman
- 2017 ·Cannedas Charlie
- 2016 ·RSC Live: King Learas Edmund
- 2016 ·RSC Live: Hamletas Hamlet
- 2016 ·A Midsummer Night's Dreamas Demetrius
- 2016 ·Shakespeare Live! From the RSCas Hamlet
- 2014 ·National Theatre Live: King Learas The Duke of Burgundy
- 2013 ·Utopiaas Roy
- 2011 ·Black Mirroras Gaap
- 2007 ·The Graham Norton Showas Self
- Future ·Harry Potteras Severus Snape
- Future ·The Scurryas
- Future ·Babiesas Stephen
- Future ·Sweet Dreamsas Billy