Acting credits
23
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Benjamin Zephaniah
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 12Series: 11Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1468453
IMDb ID: nm0954981
Known for: Acting
Born: April 15, 1958
Died: December 7, 2023
Age: 65
Place of birth: Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2024
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 8.24
Wikidata: Q561142
Other jobs
Writer (2)Music (1)
Biography
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Benjamin Zephaniah.
0.5
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
as Narrator
2024 Movie
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World
as Self
2020 Movie
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah
as Self
2005 Movie
4.0
Mad Dogs
as Poet
2002 Movie
I Bring You Frankincense
as Richard's father
1996 Movie
Truth or Dairy
as Self
1994 Movie
Dread Poets' Society
as Self
1992 Movie
2.7
Farendj
as Moses
1990 Movie
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Rufus
1988 Movie
8.0
Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
as Street Corner Poet 1
1988 Movie
Who Killed Colin Roach?
1983 Movie
Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet
as Self
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Benjamin Zephaniah.
10.0
Life & Rhymes
as Himself • 4 eps
2020 Series
4.3
The Big Narstie Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.6
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.5
Peaky Blinders
as Jeremiah Jesus • 13 eps
2013 Series
5.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.7
The Big Questions
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
8.0
QI
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Parkinson
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Rufus • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.5
40 Minutes
1 eps
1981 Series
5.5
Question Time
as Self - Panellist • 7 eps
1979 Series