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Kwame Kwei-Armah
Acting
Born: March 24, 1967
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.
Known For

Cutthroat Island
as Dawg's Pirate

Gunslinger's Revenge
as Rastafarian

Pride
as Lush (voice)

Fade to Black
as Joe Black

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self

Escape From Kampala
as Joseph (as Ian Roberts)

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

Walter's War
as Daniel Tull

Birth of a Nation
as Paul (as Ian Roberts)

Black Power Salute
as Self