Kwame Kwei-Armah

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Known for

Acting

Born

March 24, 1967 (age 59)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

Skins

Skins

2007

Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

1995

Breaking

Breaking

2022

Lewis

Lewis

2007

Casualty

Casualty

1986

Gunslinger's Revenge

Gunslinger's Revenge

1998

Pride

Pride

2004

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

Fade to Black

Fade to Black

2006

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1983

Filmography

TBA
Boner
Writer
TBA
The Saint
Screenplay
TBA
The Collaboration
Director
2022
Breaking
Writer
2021
Twelfth Night
Writer
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
Swingin' the Dream
2020
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Himself
2008
Walter's War
as Daniel Tull, Writer
2008
Black Power Salute
as Self
2007
LewisTV
as Danny Adebayou (1 episode)
2007
SkinsTV
as Personal Trainer (1 episode)
2006
Fade to Black
as Joe Black
2004
Pride
as Lush (voice)
2004
Elmina’s Kitchen
Writer
2003
Comic Relief Does Fame AcademyTV
2003
The Afternoon PlayTV
as Walter Weinberg (1 episode)
1998
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Rastafarian
1997
An Unsuitable Job for a WomanTV
as Male C. I. D. Officer (1 episode)
1996
Never Mind the BuzzcocksTV
as Self (1 episode)
1995
Cutthroat Island
as Dawg's Pirate
1991
Escape From Kampala
as Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
1986
CasualtyTV
as Lloyd Wincott (1 episode), as Finlay Newton (192 episodes)
1983
Birth of a Nation
as Paul (as Ian Roberts)
1980
The Latchkey ChildrenTV
as Duke (6 episodes)