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Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. His credits include playing pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and Gravik in the superhero miniseries Secret Invasion (2023). He starred as Malcolm X in the Amazon Studios film One Night in Miami... (2020), for which he won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer, and as Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kingsley Ben-Adir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Ramses II
for Ramses II in Moses: The Shepherd (Biopic)
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"Moses: The Shepherd" is a sweeping historical epic that grounds the biblical legend in gritty realism and political intrigue. It eschews the theatricality of The Ten Commandments for a psychological look at a man caught between two identities. The film begins with Moses as a high-ranking Prince of Egypt, a brilliant but impulsive general plagued by a severe speech impediment (a stammer) that makes him insecure and reliant on his brother Ramses. The core conflict is the shattering of his identity upon discovering his Hebrew heritage and his impulsive murder of an Egyptian slave driver. The film dedicates significant time to his exile in Midian—his transformation from a prince to a humble shepherd who finds peace away from power. The burning bush sequence is portrayed not as a light show, but as a terrifying, mind-breaking encounter with the Divine that leaves Moses reluctant and fearful. The return to Egypt is a grim clash of wills, focusing on the ecological and societal horror of the Plagues and the breaking of the brotherhood with Ramses. It is a story about a man who learns that true leadership is not about commanding armies, but about serving a people.
