| Code | DS/UK/5535 |
| Name | Kwei-Armah; Kwame (24 March 1967); OBE; British actor, director, singer and broadcaster |
| Variations of Name | Ian Roberts |
| Dates | 24 March 1967 |
| Gender | Male |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Hillingdon, London, England (born) |
| Relationships | Son of Grenadan parents. 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.
Father of KZ (musician) |
| Biography | Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End of London. (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.
Kwei-Armah was chancellor of the University of the Arts form 2011 to 2015. He served as the Artistic Director of the 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. |