Kwame Kwei-Armah

Acting

Born: 1967-03-24
From: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Ian Roberts

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.

Awards & Nominations3 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

2014
🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

2008
Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

2004
🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire