Paapa Essiedu
Born in 1990, Essiedu 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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- Born:
- Jan 1, 1990
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 18
- First Appeared:
- In the movie National Theatre Live: King Lear 2014-05-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Genie 2023-11-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Genie | Bernard Bottle | 2023-11-22 |
| Movie | Men | James | 2022-05-20 |
| Series | The Lazarus Project | George Addo | 2022-06-16 |
| Movie | Femme | Jordan | 2021-03-16 |
| Series | Anne Boleyn | George Boleyn | 2021-06-01 |
| Series | I May Destroy You | Kwame Acheamong | 2020-06-07 |
| Series | The Capture | Isaac Turner MP | 2019-09-03 |
| Movie | Stand Still | David | 2019-10-10 |
| Series | Kiri | Nate Akindele | 2018-01-10 |
| Movie | Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 | Narrator | 2018-11-08 |
| Movie | The Miniaturist | Otto | 2017-12-26 |
| Movie | Canned | Charlie | 2017-04-16 |
| Series | The Miniaturist | Otto | 2017-12-26 |
| Movie | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Hamlet | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear | Edmund | 2016-10-12 |
| Movie | RSC Live: Hamlet | Hamlet | 2016-06-10 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: King Lear | The Duke of Burgundy | 2014-05-01 |