Bob Marley: Kingsley Ben-Adir plays role as the Reggae Legend in “One Love”
In February 2022, Ben-Adir was set to play Bob Marley in its untitled biopic directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. In April 2022, he joined the ensemble cast of Barbie movie.
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 28 February 1986) is a British actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres.
He played pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV’s detective drama Vera and private detective Karim Washington on the second season of the Netflix series The OA.
From 2017 to 2019, he appeared in seasons four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders. In 2020, he starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami… (2020).
Ben-Adir was born in Gospel Oak, London, England, to a Trinidadian mother and a British Jewish father. He attended William Ellis School in Gospel Oak, Northwest London. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011. He, alongside his mother and brother, converted to Judaism.
In 2011, Ben-Adir performed in Gillian Slovo’s critically acclaimed play The Riots at the Tricycle Theatre. In 2012, he played Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
In 2013, he played Borachio in Mark Rylance’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Vic in London and also played in God’s Property at the Soho Theatre.
In 2014, Ben-Adir performed in the play We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 at the Bush Theatre in London. The play received positive reviews.
From 2017 to 2019, Ben-Adir appeared in series four and five of the BBC One television series Peaky Blinders, playing the role of Colonel Ben Younger.
In 2020, Ben-Adir starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami… directed by Regina King. Ben-Adir starred alongside Eli Goree(Cassius Clay), Leslie Odom Jr. (Sam Cooke), and Aldis Hodge (Jim Brown).
In March 2021, Deadline Hollywood reported that Ben-Adir had joined the Secret Invasion series for Marvel Studios as the main villain.
In February 2022, Ben-Adir was set to play Bob Marley in its untitled biopic directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. In April 2022, he joined the ensemble cast of Barbie movie.
Following a global search that took almost a year, Paramount Pictures looks to have found the person to play Bob Marley in its biopic about the reggae legend. Sources tell Deadline that Kingsley Ben-Adir, who starred as Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, has been tapped to play the Jamaican icon, with King Richard helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green directing.
Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley and Cedella Marley will also produce on behalf of Tuff Gong. Robert Teitel will also produce. Script is by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, but in that short lifetime he changed the landscape of music, introducing generations to reggae with such songs as “Get Up, Stand Up,” “One Love,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Could You Be Loved,” “Buffalo Soldier,” “Jammin’” and “Redemption Song.”
Like Ray Charles, Elton John, Freddy Mercury and the many other iconic musicians who have been portrayed on screen, the Bob Marley role was one of the more coveted parts in Hollywood during the past year. Sources say Paramount execs and Green saw endless tests and met with dozens of actors vying for the role, but in recent weeks Ben-Adir began putting himself in pole position before ultimately winning the role.
Ben-Adir’s star has been on the rise since his breakout role in Netflix’s The OA, but recent performances playing iconic figures have brought more acclaim. While it was brief, his portrayal as President Barack Obama on Showtime’s The Comey Rule brought instant praise, and his spot-on performance as Malcolm X in the Regina King-helmed One Night in Miami had him in the award-season conversation last year.
He recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as he is set to play the villain in Marvel’s Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson.
He is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners and B-Side Management.
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