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Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 11, 1990 (35)
Birthplace Southwark, London, England, UK
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Mar 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 bre ... akthrough 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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The Outrun

The Outrun

2024

as Daynin

Genie

Genie

2023

as Bernard Bottle

Men

Men

2022

as James

Femme

Femme

2021

as Jordan

The Exit Plan

The Exit Plan

2021

as Zeke

Stand Still

Stand Still

2019

as David

Canned

Canned

2017

as Charlie

The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist

2017

as Otto

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Young Policeman

RSC Live: Hamlet

RSC Live: Hamlet

2016

as Hamlet

RSC Live: King Lear

RSC Live: King Lear

2016

as Edmund

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016

as Demetrius

National Theatre Live: King Lear

National Theatre Live: King Lear

2014

as The Duke of Burgundy

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Television Credits

The Lazarus Project

as George Addo

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Jun 16, 2022

I May Destroy You

as Kwame Acheamong

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jun 07, 2020

Gangs of London

as Alexander Dumani

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 23, 2020

Press

as Ed Washburn

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 06, 2018

The Capture

as Isaac Turner MP

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 03, 2019

Kiri

as Nate Akindele

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 10, 2018

Anne Boleyn

as George Boleyn

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 01, 2021

The Miniaturist

as Otto

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 26, 2017

Utopia

as Roy

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 15, 2013

Black Doves

as Elmore Fitch

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 05, 2024

Black Mirror

as Gaap

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 04, 2011

Black Earth Rising

as Jaalen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 2018

Babies

as Stephen

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Unknown

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

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