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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Black Power Salute
as Self
2008
Escape From Kampala
as Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
1991
Fade to Black
as Joe Black
2006
Birth of a Nation
as Paul (as Ian Roberts)
1983
Pride
as Lush (voice)
2004
Cutthroat Island
as Dawg's Pirate
1995
Walter's War
as Daniel Tull
2008
Gunslinger's Revenge
as Rastafarian
1998
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
as Himself
2020
Swingin' the Dream
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
TV Appearances
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
Casualty
as Lloyd Wincott
1986
Casualty
as Finlay Newton
1986
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
Skins
as Personal Trainer
2007
The Afternoon Play
as Walter Weinberg
2003
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Male C. I. D. Officer
1997
Lewis
as Danny Adebayou
2007
The Latchkey Children
as Duke
1980