Paapa Essiedu

Born: 1990-06-11

Paapa Essiedu (born 11 June 1990) is a British actor. He grew up in East London with his mother, who was a fashion and design teacher. His family comes from Ghana, where he has a half brother and sister. He won a scholarship to The Forest School, Walthamstow and his ambition as he grew older was to become a doctor. Essiedu became more involved with Shakespeare when he was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Perhaps Essiedu's most famous Shakespeare role was for the lead character in Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet in 2016.


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as James
Released: 2022-05-20

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English...

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Genie

as Bernard Bottle
Released: 2023-11-22

Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally...

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The Outrun

as Daynin
Released: 2024-09-27

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the Orkney Islands; a place both wild and beautiful right...

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The Miniaturist

as Otto
Released: 2017-12-26

A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that...

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National Theatre Live: King Lear

as The Duke of Burgundy
Released: 2014-05-01

An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of...

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Femme

as Jordan
Released: 2021-03-16

When Jordan gets into the car of a flirtatious drug-dealer, his night takes a dangerous turn.

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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Hamlet
Released: 2016-04-23

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Demetrius
Released: 2016-05-30

At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a...

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Stand Still

as David
Released: 2019-10-10

The darkness of postnatal depression threatens to overwhelm Susannah, but a chance encounter...

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The Effect

as Tristan
Released: 2023-08-01

Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden...

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RSC Live: Hamlet

as Hamlet
Released: 2016-06-10

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad....

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The Effect

as Tristan
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Hearts and minds racing, Connie and Tristan are falling for each other fast. But is their sudden...

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Canned

as Charlie
Released: 2017-04-16

A dark comedy. Three school friends each suffering from a 'quarter-life-crisis' are thrown back...

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Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear

as Edmund
Released: 2016-10-12

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his...

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The Exit Plan

as Zeke
Released: 2021-01-23

Martha is a widow living out in the remote English countryside. She's also living at a time when...

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Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70

as Narrator
Released: 2018-11-08

A special documentary to mark the seventieth birthday of HRH the Prince of Wales. For this...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Black Mirror

as Gaap
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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Gangs of London

as Alexander Dumani
First aired: 2020-04-23

When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum...

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The Lazarus Project

as George Addo
First aired: 2022-06-16

George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the...

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Utopia

as Roy
First aired: 2013-01-15

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of...

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The Capture

as Isaac Turner MP
First aired: 2019-09-03

When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed...

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Black Earth Rising

as Jaalen
First aired: 2018-09-10

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and...

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I May Destroy You

as Kwame Acheamong
First aired: 2020-06-07

Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a...

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The Miniaturist

as Otto
First aired: 2017-12-26

A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that...

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Kiri

as Nate Akindele
First aired: 2018-01-10

A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her...

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Press

as Ed Washburn
First aired: 2018-09-06

The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist...

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Anne Boleyn

as George Boleyn
First aired: 2021-06-01

The final months of Boleyn's life, her struggle with Tudor England's patriarchal society, her...

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