Kwame Kwei-Armah
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
ActingBirthday
March 24, 1967Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
19Place of birth
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UKAlso known as
Ian Roberts![](/assets/default-profile-icon.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dMXnzqJIBzyDzAhvQWJxpAXMjGj.jpg)
Birth of a Nation
Paul (as Ian Roberts)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/smwTDsE33wGV8PFi3kz9h3kOUcr.jpg)
Pride
Lush (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hYdeBZ4BFXivdouxLfQGWNE6zRx.jpg)
Cutthroat Island
Dawg's Pirate![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wQ5z930peOYzoLngK4AD7FbPXIG.jpg)
Walter's War
Daniel Tull![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jXhepFdn3VVNBFSKqsT6koH2XFy.jpg)
Gunslinger's Revenge
Rastafarian![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4tMOAbWQw4fwwLXb9oWWeENH6GR.jpg)
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
Himself![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qUoDKb0EjTxILSJbmU2rrLAKPWV.jpg)
Swingin' the Dream
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3Wsr34BlLOqcWqPpvPRMM6so27h.jpg)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/y8XemllXFQT8cqakjiz3lMHMw1R.jpg)
Fade to Black
Joe Black![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/x0LX7sTWX218MzQKlMtZxqdmIP2.jpg)
Black Power Salute
Self![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h6EApcSFCiQgY1l3NQ15Rom01Ce.jpg)
Escape From Kampala
Joseph (as Ian Roberts)