Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Paapa Essiedu
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 24Series: 19
TMDB ID: 1611824
IMDb ID: nm5469396
Known for: Acting
Born: June 11, 1990
Age: 36
Place of birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2026
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q23882712
Also known as
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu
Biography
Paapa Kwaakye Essiedu (/ˈpɑːpə ˌɛsiˈeɪduː/; born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He started his career in 2012 when he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, acting in numerous production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for numerous other accolades such as a nominations for a British Academy Television Award, a Dorian Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. His screen breakthrough came in 2020 with his role in BBC One's I May Destroy You, earning nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and British Academy Television Award. He portrayed George Boleyn in the Channel 5 historical drama Anne Boleyn in 2021, and 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 made his feature film acting debut 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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Paapa Essiedu.
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Chris Keller
2026 Movie
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
as Self
2026 Movie
The Name of Action
as Self
2026 Movie
Laundreams
as Danny
2025 Movie
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
as Delroy
2025 Movie
The Outrun
as Daynin
2024 Movie
National Theatre Live: The Effect
as Tristan
2024 Movie
Genie
as Bernard Bottle
2023 Movie
Men
as James
2022 Movie
Femme
as Jordan
2021 Movie
The Exit Plan
as Zeke
2021 Movie
Stand Still
as David
2019 Movie
Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
as Narrator
2018 Movie
The Miniaturist
as Otto
2017 Movie
Murder on the Orient Express
as Young Policeman
2017 Movie
Canned
as Charlie
2017 Movie
RSC Live: King Lear
as Edmund
2016 Movie
RSC Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
2016 Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
2016 Movie
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Hamlet
2016 Movie
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as The Duke of Burgundy
2014 Movie
Sweet Dreams
as Billy
Movie
The Scurry
Movie
Tyrant
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paapa Essiedu.
Dec 25
Harry Potter
as Severus Snape • 1 eps
2026 Series
Falling
as David • 6 eps
2026 Series
Babies
as Stephen • 6 eps
2026 Series
Black Doves
as Elmore Fitch • 2 eps
2024 Series
The Lazarus Project
as George Addo • 16 eps
2022 Series
Anne Boleyn
as George Boleyn • 3 eps
2021 Series
Unsaid Stories
as Michael • 1 eps
2020 Series
I May Destroy You
as Kwame Acheamong • 12 eps
2020 Series
Gangs of London
as Alexander Dumani • 10 eps
2020 Series
The Capture
as Isaac Turner MP • 12 eps
2019 Series
Black Earth Rising
as Jaalen • 1 eps
2018 Series
Press
as Ed Washburn • 6 eps
2018 Series
Kiri
as Nate Akindele • 4 eps
2018 Series
The Miniaturist
as Otto • 2 eps
2017 Series
Not Safe for Work
as Paul • 1 eps
2015 Series
Utopia
as Roy • 2 eps
2013 Series
Black Mirror
as Gaap • 1 eps
2011 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Glastonbury
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series