Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 11, 1990
Place of Birth
Southwark, London, England, UK
Credits
43 titles
Paapa Essiedu
Biography
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His screen breakthrough came in 2020 with his role in BBC One's I May Destroy You, earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 historical drama Anne Boleyn in 2021, and 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 made his feature film acting debut 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
Filmography
Harry Potter
Severus Snape
Falling
David
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Chris Keller
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
Self
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
Himself
Babies
Stephen
The Name of Action
Self
Laundreams
Danny
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
Delroy
Black Doves
Elmore Fitch
The Outrun
Daynin
National Theatre Live: The Effect
Tristan
Genie
Bernard Bottle
The Lazarus Project
George Addo
Men
James
Anne Boleyn
George Boleyn
Femme
Jordan
The Exit Plan
Zeke
Unsaid Stories
Michael
I May Destroy You
Kwame Acheamong
Gangs of London
Alexander Dumani
Stand Still
David
The Capture
Isaac Turner MP
Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
Narrator
Black Earth Rising
Jaalen
Press
Ed Washburn
Kiri
Nate Akindele
The Miniaturist
Otto
The Miniaturist
Otto
Murder on the Orient Express
Young Policeman
Canned
Charlie
RSC Live: King Lear
Edmund
RSC Live: Hamlet
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Hamlet
Not Safe for Work
Paul
National Theatre Live: King Lear
The Duke of Burgundy
Utopia
Roy
Black Mirror
Gaap
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Tyrant
Sweet Dreams
Billy
The Scurry