Kingsley Ben-Adir is a British television, film and stage actor. He has performed in several plays in London theatres. He plays pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's detective drama Vera.
He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2011.
In 2011 he performed in Gillian Slovo's critically acclaimed sell out 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 Theatre 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.
Kingsley plays Sampson in Adam Smith's upcoming British Crime drama Trespass Against Us starring Michael Fassbender and will be seen playing Wetstick in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword