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Benjamin Zephaniah

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 15, 1958 (Died at 65)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthHandsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Career Span1978 – 2023
Known Credits27 Titles
Official Links
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ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Benjamin Zephaniah

Total Works

27

13 movies • 14 shows

Avg Rating

7.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Peaky Blinders
8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013•series
as Jeremiah Jesus
QI
7.9
QI
2003•series
as Self

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 27 titles featuring Benjamin Zephaniah

Peaky Blinders
8.5
13 eps
Peaky Blinders
2013•series

as Jeremiah Jesus

QI
7.9
1 eps
QI
2003•series

as Self

The Comic Strip Presents...
7.4
1 eps

as Rufus

Frankie Boyle's New World Order
6.9
1 eps

as Self

Question Time
5.9
7 eps
Question Time
1979•series

as Self - Panellist

Mad Dogs
4.8
Mad Dogs
2002•movie

as Poet

The South Bank Show
5.6
1 eps
The South Bank Show
1978•series
The Big Narstie Show
4.3
1 eps

as Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
6.0
1 eps

as Self - Participant

40 Minutes
6.4
1 eps
40 Minutes
1981•series
Farendj
3.8
Farendj
1991•movie

as Moses

The Big Questions
6.7
2 eps
The Big Questions
2007•series

as Self

ScreenPlay
6.0
1 eps
ScreenPlay
1986•series

as Benjamin Zephaniah

Celebrity Mastermind
6.0
1 eps
Peaky Blinders: Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
0.5

as Narrator

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile
8.0

as Street Corner Poet 1

I Bring You Frankincense
10.0

as Richard's father

Life & Rhymes
10.0
4 eps
Life & Rhymes
2020•series

as Himself

Dread Poets' Society

as Self

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

as Self

Benjamin Zephaniah | Pen Rhythm Poet

as Self

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

as Rufus

Truth or Dairy
Truth or Dairy
1994•movie

as Self

Who Killed Colin Roach?
Cold War Steve Meets the Outside World

as Self

Language is the Key

as Himself

Parkinson
1 eps
Parkinson
1998•series

as Self