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Kwame Kwei-Armah

Acting

Born March 24, 1967 · Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Also known as Ian Roberts

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Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2014
  • honorary doctorate · 2008
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 2004 · nominated

Filmography7 titles

Skins

2007as Personal Trainer

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Male C. I. D. Officer

Breaking

2022Writer

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

2021as Self

Casualty

1986as Finlay Newton

Walter's War

2008as Daniel Tull

Cutthroat Island

1995as Dawg's Pirate