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Kwame Kwei-Armah est un Acteur Britannique né le 24 mars 1967

Kwame Kwei-Armah

Kwame Kwei-Armah
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Nom de naissance Ian Roberts
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 24 mars 1967 (57 ans)
Récompenses Officier de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE (born 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London), born Ian Roberts, is a British actor, playwright, singer and broadcaster. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End. (Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play GARY played at the Arts Theatre in 1990.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. He voiced Mtambo in The Lorax.

Brought up in Southall, he changed his name at the age of 19 after tracing his family history, through the slave trade back to his ancestral African roots in Ghana. His parents were born in Grenada. He has four children.

On 1 July 2011, he became Artistic Director of Center Stage in Baltimore, MD, succeeding Irene Lewis.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

He became the Chancellor of the University of the Arts on 7 March 2011.

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Filmographie de Kwame Kwei-Armah (5 films)

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AnnéeNomMétierRôle
2006Fade to BlackActeur
2004Le Clan des roisActeur
1998Il mio WestActeur
1995L'Île aux piratesActeur
1983Birth of a NationActeur