Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu

Birthday:Jun 11, 1990
Place of birth:Southwark, London, England, UK

Filmography

2026
All My Sons

All My Sons

Drama
Upcoming

20262h 15min

Director: Ivo van Hove

Respected, self-made businessman Joe Keller prides himself on providing for his wife and their two sons. While wartime delivers profits for the family, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Peacetime brings little peace of mind as Joe’s true involvement in the activity begins to surface, and he is suddenly confronted by the consequences of his actions.


The Name of Action

The Name of Action

Documentary
0.0

202610min

Director: Naqqash Khalid

A look at why Hamlet, a play that’s over 400 years old, holds a mirror up to society today. Filmed across four days of workshops with youth theatre groups across London: The Big House, Bush Theatre Young Companies, Centre 59, and Open Door.

2024
The Outrun

The Outrun

Drama Coming-of-Age Drama
6.9

20241h 58min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Nora Fingscheidt

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

2023
Genie

Genie

Fantasy Comedy Supernatural Fantasy High-Concept Comedy
5.9

20231h 33min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Sam Boyd

Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is unraveling around him.

2022
Men

Men

Horror Thriller Fantasy Psychological Horror Mind Game Thriller
6.0

20221h 40min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Alex Garland

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.