Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 24, 1967 (age 58)
Place of Birth
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Also Known As
Ian Roberts
Kwame Kwei-Armah
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
TV
Casualty
Lloyd Wincott
1986
TV
Casualty
Finlay Newton
1986
TV
Skins
Personal Trainer
2007
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
TV
The Afternoon Play
Walter Weinberg
2003
TV
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
Film
Cutthroat Island
Dawg's Pirate
1995
Film
Pride
Lush (voice)
2004
Film
Gunslinger's Revenge
Rastafarian
1998
Film
Birth of a Nation
Paul (as Ian Roberts)
1983
Film
Fade to Black
Joe Black
2006
Film
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
2021
Film
Escape From Kampala
Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
1991
Film
Walter's War
Daniel Tull
2008
Film
Black Power Salute
Self
2008
Film
Swingin' the Dream
2021
Film
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Himself
2020
Filmography
2021FilmOscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmakingas Self2021FilmSwingin' the Dream2020FilmAfrica Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continentas Himself2008FilmWalter's Waras Daniel Tull2008FilmBlack Power Saluteas Self2007TVSkinsas Personal Trainer2006FilmFade to Blackas Joe Black2004FilmPrideas Lush (voice)2003TVComic Relief Does Fame Academy2003TVThe Afternoon Playas Walter Weinberg1998FilmGunslinger's Revengeas Rastafarian1996TVNever Mind the Buzzcocksas Self1995FilmCutthroat Islandas Dawg's Pirate1991FilmEscape From Kampalaas Joseph (as Ian Roberts)1986TVCasualtyas Lloyd Wincott1983FilmBirth of a Nationas Paul (as Ian Roberts)