Kwame Kwei-Armah

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Birthday: 1967-03-24

Place of Birth: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

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.

Movies

Black Power Salute
Black Power Salute

A film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, the moment when the radical spirit o...

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Escape From Kampala
Escape From Kampala

The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uga...

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Fade to Black
Fade to Black

Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orso...

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Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation

A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just b...

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Pride
Pride

The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuit...

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Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure...

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Walter's War
Walter's War

Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a prof...

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Gunslinger's Revenge
Gunslinger's Revenge

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted w...

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Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent

David Olusoga explores the incredible journey of the African novel – how a fearless collection of wr...

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Swingin' the Dream
Swingin' the Dream

A concert of a work in progress including original music and songs from the 1939 production telling ...

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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the...

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