Biography
Paapa Essiedu
Acting
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 portraye…
Career works
43
Movies
24
Series
19
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
06/11/1990
Place of birth
Southwark, London, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026 · 7.9
The Name of Action
2026
Laundreams
2025
National Theatre Live: Death of England: Delroy
2025
The Outrun
2024 · 6.8
National Theatre Live: The Effect
2024
Genie
2023 · 6.5
Men
2022 · 6.1
Femme
2021 · 8.1
Stand Still
2019
Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70
2018 · 6.0
The Miniaturist
2017 · 7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · 6.7
Canned
2017 · 6.0
Series
Harry Potter
2026
Falling
2026 · 2.5
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic
2026
Babies
2026 · 3.2
Black Doves
2024 · 7.1
The Lazarus Project
2022 · 7.2
Anne Boleyn
2021 · 2.3
Unsaid Stories
2020
I May Destroy You
2020 · 7.3
Gangs of London
2020 · 7.8
The Capture
2019 · 7.7
Black Earth Rising
2018 · 6.4
Press
2018 · 7.0
Kiri
2018 · 6.1
The Miniaturist
2017 · 7.1