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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021

Swingin' the Dream
Character:
MOVIE • 2021

Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2020

Walter's War
Character: Daniel Tull
MOVIE • 2008

Black Power Salute
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008

Skins
Character: Personal Trainer
TV • 2007

Fade to Black
Character: Joe Black
MOVIE • 2006

Pride
Character: Lush (voice)
MOVIE • 2004

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Character:
TV • 2003

The Afternoon Play
Character: Walter Weinberg
TV • 2003

Gunslinger's Revenge
Character: Rastafarian
MOVIE • 1998

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self
TV • 1996

Cutthroat Island
Character: Dawg's Pirate
MOVIE • 1995

Escape From Kampala
Character: Joseph (as Ian Roberts)
MOVIE • 1991

Casualty
Character: Lloyd Wincott
TV • 1986

Casualty
Character: Finlay Newton
TV • 1986

Birth of a Nation
Character: Paul (as Ian Roberts)
MOVIE • 1983
Crew
Crew Credits

Breaking
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2022

Twelfth Night
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2021

Walter's War
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2008

Elmina’s Kitchen
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2004

Boner
Role: Writer
MOVIE • TBA
The Saint
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • TBA

The Collaboration
Role: Director
MOVIE • TBA
Marked Man
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • TBA