Portrait of Kwame Kwei-Armah

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Acting

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.

Born: March 24, 1967

Place of Birth: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Filmography

2008
Walter's War

as Daniel Tull

2007
Skins

as Personal Trainer

2006
Fade to Black

as Joe Black

2004
Pride

as Lush (voice)

2003
The Afternoon Play

as Walter Weinberg

1998
Gunslinger's Revenge

as Rastafarian

1995
Cutthroat Island

as Dawg's Pirate

1991
Escape From Kampala

as Joseph (as Ian Roberts)

1986
Casualty

as Lloyd Wincott

1986
Casualty

as Finlay Newton

1983
Birth of a Nation

as Paul (as Ian Roberts)