Kwame Kwei-Armah
Known for acting · Born 24 March 1967 · 59 · Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
26 credits
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.
Known for
Casualty
1986
Breaking
2022
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
Pride
2004
Walter's War
2008
Swingin' the Dream
2021
Black Power Salute
2008
The Collaboration
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Skins
2007
The Latchkey Children
The Latchkey Children
1980
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
Acting (19)
2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelfFilm
2021Swingin' the DreamFilm
2020Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a ContinentHimselfFilm
2008Walter's WarDaniel TullFilm
2008Black Power SaluteSelfFilm
2007SkinsPersonal TrainerSeries
2007LewisDanny AdebayouSeries
2006Fade to BlackJoe BlackFilm
2004PrideLush (voice)Film
2003The Afternoon PlayWalter WeinbergSeries
2003Comic Relief Does Fame Academy · 40 episodesSeries
1998Gunslinger's RevengeRastafarianFilm
1997An Unsuitable Job for a WomanMale C. I. D. OfficerSeries
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelfSeries
1995Cutthroat IslandDawg's PirateFilm
1991Escape From KampalaJoseph (as Ian Roberts)Film
1986CasualtyLloyd Wincott, Finlay Newton · 192 episodesSeries
1983Birth of a NationPaul (as Ian Roberts)Film
1980The Latchkey ChildrenDuke · 6 episodesSeries
Directing (1)
—The CollaborationDirectorFilm
Writing (6)
2022BreakingWriterFilm
2021Twelfth NightWriterFilm
2008Walter's WarWriterFilm
2004Elmina’s KitchenWriterFilm
—BonerWriterFilm
—The SaintScreenplayFilm