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

Cutthroat Island

as Dawg's Pirate

Casualty

as Lloyd Wincott

Casualty

as Finlay Newton

Gunslinger's Revenge

as Rastafarian

Pride

as Lush (voice)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self

Fade to Black

as Joe Black

Birth of a Nation

as Paul (as Ian Roberts)

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

as Self

Walter's War

as Daniel Tull