Paapa Essiedu
Age: N/A | From: Southwark, London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
Biography
Paapa Essiedu (born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He grew up in East London with his mother, who was a fashion and design teacher. His family comes from Ghana, where he has a half brother and sister. He won a scholarship to The Forest School, Walthamstow and his ambition as he grew older was to become a doctor. Essiedu became more involved with Shakespeare when he was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Perhaps Essiedu's most famous Shakespeare role was for the lead character in Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet in 2016.
Most Famous Work
Black Mirror
(2011) Gaap
Gangs of London
(2020) Alexander Dumani
The Lazarus Project
(2022) George Addo
The Capture
(2019) Isaac Turner MP
I May Destroy You
(2020) Kwame Acheamong
Black Earth Rising
(2018) Jaalen
The Miniaturist
(2017) Otto
Men
(2022) JamesActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Daynin | |
| Tristan | ||
| 2023 | Bernard Bottle | |
| 2022 | George Addo | |
| James | ||
| 2021 | George Boleyn | |
| Jordan | ||
| Zeke | ||
| 2020 | Kwame Acheamong | |
| Alexander Dumani | ||
| 2019 | David | |
| Isaac Turner MP | ||
| 2018 | Narrator | |
| Jaalen | ||
| Ed Washburn | ||
| Nate Akindele | ||
| 2017 | Otto | |
| Otto | ||
| Charlie | ||
| 2016 | Edmund | |
| Hamlet | ||
| Demetrius | ||
| Hamlet | ||
| 2014 | The Duke of Burgundy | |
| 2013 | Roy | |
| 2011 | Gaap | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| Billy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
