Benjamin Zephaniah

ActorWriterSound Apr 15 (died age 65) Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK 1979–2024 (45 year career)

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Biography

Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023) was a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.

Known For

Film

Peaky Blinders

Jeremiah Jesus

Film

QI

Self

Film

Mad Dogs

Poet

Film

Life & Rhymes

Himself

Film

The Comic Strip Presents...

Rufus

Film

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile

Street Corner Poet 1

Film

Frankie Boyle's New World Order

Self

Film

Question Time

Self - Panellist

Filmography

Acting (25)

Movies (14)

Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

2024

as Narrator

0.5

Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

2020

as Self

Making the Connection

2010

as Himself

8.2

PS Your Mystery Sender

2010

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

2005

as Self

Mad Dogs

2002

as Poet

4.3

I Bring You Frankincense

1996

as Richard's father

Truth or Dairy

1994

as Self

Dread Poets' Society

1992

as Self

Farendj

1990

as Moses

2.7

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988

as Rufus

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile

1988

as Street Corner Poet 1

8.0

Who Killed Colin Roach?

1983

Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet

1982

as Self

Television (11)

Life & Rhymes

as Himself

The Big Narstie Show

as Self

Frankie Boyle's New World Order

as Self

Peaky Blinders

as Jeremiah Jesus

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

The Big Questions

as Self

as Self

Parkinson

as Self

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Rufus

40 Minutes

Question Time

as Self - Panellist

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

2005

Writer

Dread Poets' Society

1992

Writer

Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet

1982

Music