Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
	Ankara, Silimin gɔli August 23, 1977 (run 47)
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	Ghana; United Kingdom
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	Guildford School of Acting (en)
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu	Silmiinsili
Tuma
Tuma	kpɛrikpɛrita ni stage actor (en)
Notable work	The Double (en) ; National Theatre Live (en) ; Doctor Strange (en) ; Ghost Stories (en) ; Justice League (mul) ; Paddington 2 (en) ; The Commuter (en) ; Mary Poppins Returns (en) ; Gwen (en) ; Zack Snyder's Justice League (mul) ; Wonka (mul) ; Judge John Deed (en) ; Casualty (en) ; Absolute Power (en) ; Little Britain (en) ; Holby City (en) ; Family Affairs (en) ; According to Bex (en) ; Mike Bassett: Manager (en) ; Pulling (en) ; Star Stories (en) ; The Bill (en) ; The Whistleblowers (en) ; Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (en) ; Whatever It Takes (en) ; Taking the Flak (en) ; PhoneShop (en) ; Whites (en) ; Sirens (en) ; Silk (en) ; Frankie (en) ; The Cafe (en) ; Crackanory (en) ; Agatha Raisin (en) ; Fader Brown (mul) ; Midsomer Murders (en) ; The Last Panthers (en) ; Capital (en) ; Class (en) ; Dark Heart (en) ; The Split (en) ; Motherland (en)
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee	view Member of the Order of the British Empire ;
IMDb	nm1506183

Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith Tɛmplet:Postnominals (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli August biɛɣ'pishi ni ata dali yuuni 1977) nyɛla Ghana nima-Silimiinsili kpɛrikpɛrita. O nyɛla ŋun tum tuma nima pam sinii nima ni, di shɛŋa nyɛ din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ Father Richard Emery sinii yuli booni Ghost Stories (2017), Oliver sinii yuli booni The Commuter, Templeton Frye sinii yuli booni Mary Poppins Returns ni n-ti pahi Doctor Wren sinii yuli booni Gwen (all 2018) ni. O daa nyɛla Crispus Allen sinii yuli booni Justice League (2017) ka nyɛ din be DC Extended Universe.

O kpaŋmaŋTina din be West End daa che ka o di Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Piligu biɛhigu

Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Accra, Ghana. O nyɛla ŋun zoogi Frimley, Surrey, England, ni ka o be ni o lammba Dr. [Yoku] Henry Andrew Holdbrook-Smith mini Tenu Holdbrook-Smith n-ti pahi o tizodoo brother, Kofi.^[1] O nyɛla ninvuɣ so dabiɛm ni daa na gbaai ni kpɛrigu kpɛribu ka di daliri daa nyɛ o daŋ ni daa bɛ saɣi n-ti o ni o leei kpɛrikpɛrita. "N-daa nyɛla yuun pinaanu, ka n daa tɛhira ka bɔhiri maŋ [n-ni tooi leei kpɛrikpɛrita]'. N-daa bi yɛlli n-ti so amaa n-daa bi mali dihitabili ni bɛ ni saɣi n-ti ma. Di daa ti niŋya ka kpɛrigu kpɛribu da beni, lala saha maa n-daa nyɛla yuun pishi ayi ka ka n-daa kpɛ."^[2]

O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Guildford School of Acting n-ti bɔhim kpɛrigu kpɛribu,^[3] o daa naai yuuni 2000.^[4]

Tuma

Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla ŋun daa piligi o kpɛrigu kpɛribu tuma ni televisa yuuni 2002 din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ Orlando Figes sinii yuli booni Judge John Deed episode "Everyone's Child". Tum lala saha maa o nyɛla ŋun mali kpɛrigu kpɛribu tuma TV series kamani Little Britain, Star Stories (bin din gbaai yuuni 2006 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 2008), Taking the Flak, Sirens, Holby City, Silk, Father Brown, The Last Panthers, Class, Dark Heart, The Split n-ti pahi Red Election.

O sinii kpɛribu pam daa nyɛla yuuni 2005, din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ Ken in Mustapha Matura's Playboy of the West Indies din daa niŋ Tricycle Theatre.^[5] Di nyaaŋa o daa lahi yina bɛ critically acclaimed African-American Season din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ European premieres zaŋ n-ti Walk Hard ŋun daa yaai li nyɛ Abram Hill, Fabulation ŋun daa yaai li nyɛ Lynn Nottage n-ti pahi Gem of the Ocean ka ŋun daa yaai di mi nyɛ August Wilson. Bɛ ni niŋ o vihisi shɛŋa puuni wuhiya ni August Wilson's nyɛ o suhi ni gbaai so.^[6] Yuuni 2006 o daa nyɛla Levee sinii yuli booni Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ŋun daa yaai li nyɛ August Wilson ka din daa niŋ luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, yuma anahi nyaaŋa o daa yina ka nyɛ Herald Loomis sinii yuli booni Joe Turner's Come and Gone puuni ka ŋun daa yaai li nyɛ August Wilson ka din daa niŋ luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Young Vic Theatre.

O daa tuui yina Globe yuuni 2007 sinii yuli booni Love's Labours Lost puuni ka bɛ daa labi niŋ li lala yuuni maa National Theatre of Korea din be Seoul. Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla ŋun piligi National Theatre yuuni 2009 ka nyɛ ŋun be sinii yaara anahi ni tum lala saha (o daa nyɛla Mortimer sinii yuli booni Edward II puuni). Yuuni 2015, ŋun daa nyɛ Laertes ni Benedict Cumberbatch sinii yuli booni Hamlet puuni ka di ni daa niŋ luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Barbican Theatre. Lala kpɛrigu ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi dunia zaa National Theatre Live.^[7]

Yuuni 2016 Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla ŋun daa tum ni Benedict Cumberbatch yaha, lala saha ŋɔ ni sinii yuli booni Marvel’s Dr Strange.^[8] Di yuuni nyaaŋa, o nyɛla ŋun daa be Det. Crispus Allen in DC Comics Justice Leagueka daa lahi nyɛ Warden Walker sinii yuli booni Paddington 2,^[9] ka daa nyɛ Father Emery sinii yuli booni Ghost Stories. Yuuni 2018, ŋun daa nyɛ Oliver sinii yuli booni The Commuter ka tum tuma dibaa ayi din daa niŋ ka o nyɛ Templeton Frye ka daa lahi nyɛ "animated voice' zaŋ n -ti Weasel sinii yuli booni Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns puuni.^[10]

Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla ŋun daa lahi pahi BBC Radio kpɛrigu nima ni, di shɛŋa nyɛ Judas^[11] mini On Her Majesty's Secret Service.^[12] O nyɛla ŋun lɛbigi kukoli bolibu buku nima,^[13] di shɛli nyɛ Rivers of London series ka ŋun daa niŋ li nyɛ Ben Aaronovitch.^[14]

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith nyɛla ŋun be musical Tina saha ŋɔ ka nyɛ Ike Turner ka di ni niŋdi luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Aldwych Theatre.^[15]

O nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) yuuni 2020 Birthday Honours zaŋ n-ti o kpɛrigu tuma,^[16] ka nyɛ bɛ ni daa piigi so United Kingdom's ninvuɣ so niriba pam ni mi zaŋ n-ti African bee African Caribbean heritagedin daa niŋ ka Holdbrook-Smith nyɛ bɛ ni daa piigi so pahi yuuni 2021 edition of the annual Powerlist.^[17]

Filmography

Sinii

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Rahab	Mill	Short film
2012	Womack	Dan Tan	Short film
2013	The Double	Guard / Doctor
2013	10ml I.V.	Karl	Short film
2014	Trick or Receipt	Martin	Short film
2015	Hamlet	Laertes	Live in theatres
2016	Doctor Strange	Physical Therapist
2017	Ghost Stories	Father Emery
	Justice League	Detective Crispus Allen
	Paddington 2	Warden Walker
2018	The Commuter	Oliver
	Mary Poppins Returns	Templeton Frye / Weasel (voice)
	Gwen	Doctor Wren
2021	Zack Snyder’s Justice League	Detective Crispus Allen
2023	Sumotherhood	Shotti
2023	Wonka	Officer Affable
2026	Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Judge John Deed	Orlando Figes	Episode: "Everyone's Child"
2003	Casualty	PC Riddock	Episode: "Never Judge a Book"
2003	Absolute Power	Journalist No. 1	Episode: "Burn and Crash"
2004	Little Britain		2 episodes
2004	Holby City	Lee Holden	Episode: "One More Chance"
2005	Family Affairs	Officer Kennedy	1 episode
	According to Bex	Vox Pops	Recurring
	Mike Bassett: Manager	Carlton Dawes	Main cast
2006	Pulling	Joe's Father	1 episode
2006–2008	Star Stories	Various	8 episodes
2007	The Bill	Bruno Hammond	Episode: "Code of Silence"
	The Whistleblowers	Male Nurse	Episode: "Pandemic"
	Katy Brand's Big Ass Show		1 episode
2009	Whatever It Takes	Nifemi	TV movie
	Taking the Flak	Joyful Sifuri	Main cast
	PhoneShop	Graham	Episode: "New Man: Pilot"
	Sorry I've Got No Head	Various	Season 2 only
2010	Whites	Barnaby	1 episode
2011	Roadkill	Tommy	TV movie
	Sirens	Ryan Bailey	Recurring
	Holby City	Paul James	2 episodes
2012	Silk	Paul McGovern	1 episode
2013	Frankie	Max Hall	1 episode
2013	The Café	Jason	Recurring
2014	Turks & Caicos	Colin Maitlis	TV movie
	Crackanory	Commander	Episode: "In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man"
	Agatha Raisin	Rev. Jez Bloxby	Episode: "The Quiche of Death"
2015	Father Brown	Marvin Morris	Episode: "The Invisible Man"
	Midsomer Murders	Rob Mead	Episode: "The Dagger Club"
	The Last Panthers	James Davis	Miniseries; main cast
	Capital	Mashinko	Miniseries
2016	Class	Jasper Adeola	Episode: "Nightvisiting"
2016	Dark Heart	DS Dave Pulford	1 episode
2018	The Split	Glen Peters	Recurring
2019	Motherland	Nick	Recurring
2021	Superworm	Wizard Lizard (voice)	TV movie
2021	Red Election	Levi Nichols	Main cast
2022	His Dark Materials	Balthamos	Recurring
2023	Accused	David Mingo	Episode: "Kendall's Story"
2024	The Veil	Johnson

Stage

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2018	Tina: The Tina Turner Musical	Ike Turner	Aldwych Theatre
2023	The Effect	Toby	Lyttelton Theatre

Pina mini piibu

Stage

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2019	Laurence Olivier Award^[18]	Best Actor in a Musical	Tina: The Tina Turner Musical	Won
	Black British Theatre Award^[19]	Best Male Actor in a Musical		Nominated
	WhatsOnStage Award^[20]	Best Actor in a Musical		Nominated

Kundivihira

↑ Dramatic Need.
↑ Ositelu, Tola (27 May 2017). Dramatic Chameleon: An Interview with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
↑ Star Guests Lead Change Through the Arts Careers Event at GSA (4 May 2017).
↑ Alumni: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Guilford School of Acting.
↑ Scott, Adam (14 December 2004). "Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, London". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/playboy-of-the-west-indies-tricycle-theatre-london-686097.html.
↑ Williams, Karla (3 June 2010). Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
↑ www.kbgroupuk.com. Hamlet.
↑ Doctor Strange (2016).
↑ Paddington 2 (2017).
↑ Marshall, Rob (25 December 2018). Mary Poppins Returns.
↑ Episode 1, Judas, 15 Minute Drama – BBC Radio 4. BBC.
↑ On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Saturday Drama – BBC Radio 4. BBC.
↑ Kobna Holdbrook Smith on GoodReads.
↑ Rivers of London audiobook by Ben Aaronovitch – Rakuten Kobo.
↑ "CAST & CREATIVE". Tina Turner Musical Limited. https://tinathemusical.com/cast-creative/.
↑ Tɛmplet:London Gazette
↑ Lavender, Jane (17 November 2020). "Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential Black Powerlist 2021" (en). mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/black-power-list-2021-lewis-23017308.
↑ McPhee, Ryan (5 March 2019). 2019 Olivier Award Nominations: London's Company and Come From Away Lead the Pack (en).
↑ Longman, Will (2019-09-19). Shortlist for first Black British Theatre Awards 2019 announced (en).
↑ Shortlisted nominees announced for 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards (en-GB) (2018-12-05).

External links

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith at IMDb

Tɛmplet:OlivierAward MusicalActor

[:0-1] Dramatic Need.

[2] Ositelu, Tola (27 May 2017). Dramatic Chameleon: An Interview with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

[3] Star Guests Lead Change Through the Arts Careers Event at GSA (4 May 2017).

[4] Alumni: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Guilford School of Acting.

[5] Scott, Adam (14 December 2004). "Playboy of the West Indies, Tricycle Theatre, London". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/playboy-of-the-west-indies-tricycle-theatre-london-686097.html.

[6] Williams, Karla (3 June 2010). Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

[7] www.kbgroupuk.com. Hamlet.

[8] Doctor Strange (2016).

[9] Paddington 2 (2017).

[10] Marshall, Rob (25 December 2018). Mary Poppins Returns.

[11] Episode 1, Judas, 15 Minute Drama – BBC Radio 4. BBC.

[12] On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Saturday Drama – BBC Radio 4. BBC.

[13] Kobna Holdbrook Smith on GoodReads.

[14] Rivers of London audiobook by Ben Aaronovitch – Rakuten Kobo.

[15] "CAST & CREATIVE". Tina Turner Musical Limited. https://tinathemusical.com/cast-creative/.

[16] Tɛmplet:London Gazette

[17] Lavender, Jane (17 November 2020). "Lewis Hamilton ends incredible year top of influential Black Powerlist 2021" (en). mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/black-power-list-2021-lewis-23017308.

[18] McPhee, Ryan (5 March 2019). 2019 Olivier Award Nominations: London's Company and Come From Away Lead the Pack (en).

[19] Longman, Will (2019-09-19). Shortlist for first Black British Theatre Awards 2019 announced (en).

[20] Shortlisted nominees announced for 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards (en-GB) (2018-12-05).

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