Paapa Essiedu

Acting

Paapa Essiedu

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 11, 1990 (35 years old)

Paapa Essiedu

Known For

National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
1h 40m
Movie 2025

National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy

Unapologetically upwardly mobile and working as a bailiff, Delroy’s life...

The Outrun
1h 58m
Movie 2024

The Outrun

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a...

Genie
1h 33m
Movie 2023

Genie

Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside...

The Lazarus Project
TV Show 2022

The Lazarus Project

George wakes up to find himself several months in the...

Men
1h 40m
Movie 2022

Men

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone...

Anne Boleyn
0h 45m
TV Show 2021

Anne Boleyn

The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor...

Femme
0h 18m
Movie 2021

Femme

When Jordan gets into the car of a flirtatious drug-dealer,...

I May Destroy You
0h 30m
TV Show 2020

I May Destroy You

Set in London, where gratification is only an app away,...

Stand Still
0h 16m
Movie 2019

Stand Still

The darkness of postnatal depression threatens to overwhelm Susannah, but...

The Capture
1h 0m
TV Show 2019

The Capture

When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan...

Biography

Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/) (born 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous productions, including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), King Lear (2014), Hamlet (2016), and Romeo and Juliet (2016).  His breakthrough came with his role in the HBO miniseries I May Destroy You (2020), which earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 miniseries Anne Boleyn (2021). He 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 debuted his feature film acting 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.