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Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) 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. (In 1990, Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play Gary played at the Arts Theatre.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. He is currently the artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London, succeeding David Lan.

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  • Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) 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. (In 1990, Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play Gary played at the Arts Theatre.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. He is currently the artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London, succeeding David Lan. Brought up in Southall, West London, 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. Kwei-Armah was chancellor of the University of the Arts from 2011 to 2015. He served as the Artistic Director of Baltimore's Center Stage Theater in the United States from 2011 to 2018. In 2018 he became the Artistic Director of the Young Vic in London. (en)
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah (Hillingdon, Londres, 24 de marzo de 1967) es un actor, dramaturgo, cantante y locutor británico, reconocido por interpretar al paramédico Finlay Newton en la serie de la BBC Casualty de 1999 a 2004 y por su labor en el teatro del Reino Unido.​ (es)
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah, nato Ian Roberts (Hillingdon, 24 marzo 1967), è un attore, drammaturgo, cantante e conduttore radiofonico britannico.Nel 2005 è diventato il secondo drammaturgo britannico di colore ad avere una propria opera in scena nel West End londinese. È noto inoltre per aver prestato la propria voce a Mtambo in Lorax - Il guardiano della foresta. Cresciuto nel Southall, ha cambiato il suo nome all'età di 19 anni dopo aver rintracciato le sue origini famigliari nel Ghana precedente alla tratta atlantica degli schiavi africani. I suoi genitori sono nati a Grenada. Ha quattro figli. Il 1º luglio 2011, è diventato direttore artistico del Center Stage a Baltimora, Maryland, in sostituzione di Irene Lewis. È stato nominato Ufficiale dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico (OBE) nel 2012 agli Birthday Honours per i suoi servizi al dramma e nel 2011 divenne rettore dell'Università delle Arti. Nel 2018 è diventato direttore artistico del Young Vic di Londra. (it)
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  • Kwame Kwei-Armah (Hillingdon, Londres, 24 de marzo de 1967) es un actor, dramaturgo, cantante y locutor británico, reconocido por interpretar al paramédico Finlay Newton en la serie de la BBC Casualty de 1999 a 2004 y por su labor en el teatro del Reino Unido.​ (es)
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) 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. (In 1990, Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play Gary played at the Arts Theatre.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. He is currently the artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London, succeeding David Lan. (en)
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah, nato Ian Roberts (Hillingdon, 24 marzo 1967), è un attore, drammaturgo, cantante e conduttore radiofonico britannico.Nel 2005 è diventato il secondo drammaturgo britannico di colore ad avere una propria opera in scena nel West End londinese. È noto inoltre per aver prestato la propria voce a Mtambo in Lorax - Il guardiano della foresta. (it)
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