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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 11, 1990
Place of Birth
Southwark, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
Paapa Essiedu
1.4 Popularity
Biography
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 breakthrough 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.
Known For
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Delroy
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
2025
7.1
Elmore Fitch
Black Doves
2024
6.8
Daynin
The Outrun
2024
0.0
Tristan
National Theatre Live: The Effect
2024
6.6
Bernard Bottle
Genie
2023
7.2
George Addo
The Lazarus Project
2022
6.1
James
Men
2022
2.4
George Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
2021
8.3
Jordan
Femme
2021
7.5
Zeke
The Exit Plan
2021
Credits
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
as Delroy
2025
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Black Doves
as Elmore Fitch
2024
7.1
The Outrun
as Daynin
2024
6.8
National Theatre Live: The Effect
as Tristan
2024
0.0
Genie
as Bernard Bottle
2023
6.6
The Lazarus Project
as George Addo
2022
7.2
Men
as James
2022
6.1
Anne Boleyn
as George Boleyn
2021
2.4
Femme
as Jordan
2021
8.3
The Exit Plan
as Zeke
2021
7.5
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Unsaid Stories
as Michael
2020
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I May Destroy You
as Kwame Acheamong
2020
7.4
Gangs of London
as Alexander Dumani
2020
7.9
Stand Still
as David
2019
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The Capture
as Isaac Turner MP
2019
7.7
Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
as Narrator
2018
6.0
Black Earth Rising
as Jaalen
2018
6.7
Press
as Ed Washburn
2018
6.9
Kiri
as Nate Akindele
2018
6.2
The Miniaturist
as Otto
2017
7.1
The Miniaturist
as Otto
2017
7.2
Murder on the Orient Express
as Young Policeman
2017
6.7
Canned
as Charlie
2017
6.0
RSC Live: King Lear
as Edmund
2016
8.0
RSC Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
2016
8.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
2016
5.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Hamlet
2016
7.5
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as The Duke of Burgundy
2014
7.1
Utopia
as Roy
2013
8.0
Black Mirror
as Gaap
2011
8.3
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Harry Potter
as Severus Snape
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The Scurry
N/A
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Babies
as Stephen
N/A
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Sweet Dreams
as Billy
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