Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Acting

Born August 23, 1977, Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana

Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in Ghost Stories (2017), Oliver in The Commuter, Templeton Frye in Mary Poppins Returns and Doctor Wren in Gwen (2018). He has portrayed Crispus Allen in the superhero film Justice League (2017), part of the DC Extended Universe. For his performance in Tina in the West End, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
• 2026The Sheep Detectives — Reverend Hillcoate
• 2025End of Play — The Caretaker
• 2025National Theatre Live: Coriolanus — Tullus Aufidius
• 2025The Gorge — Black Ops Commander
• Wolf King — Master Hogan (voice)
• 2024Apartment 7A — BJ
• Mr Loverman — Tony
• 2024National Theatre Live: The Effect — Dr Toby Sealey
• The Veil — Johnson
• 2023Pretty Hands — Pastor Paul
• 2023Sumotherhood — Shotti
• 2023TAMING A SEAHORSE — Solomon
• 2023Wonka — Officer Affable
• 2022Twice As Good — Dee Dee (Adult)
• Dreaming Whilst Black — Rudolph
• Ragdoll — Joel Shepton
• Red Election — Levi Nichols
• 2021Superworm — Wizard Lizard (voice)
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Detective Crispus Allen
• His Dark Materials — Balthamos
• 2018Ghost Stories — Father Emery
• 2018Gwen — Doctor Wren
• 2018Mary Poppins Returns — Frye / Weasel (voice)
• 2018The Commuter — Oliver
• 2017Justice League — Detective Crispus Allen
• Motherland — Nick
• 2017Paddington 2 — Warden Walker
• Class — Jasper Adeola
• 2016Doctor Strange — Physical Therapist
• 2016The Roof — David Lan's Assistant
• Capital — Mashinko
• 2015National Theatre Live: Hamlet — Laertes
• The Last Panthers — James Davis
• 2014The Double — Guard / Doctor
• 2014Turks & Caicos — Colin Maitlis
• Father Brown — Marvin Morris
• 2012National Theatre Live: Antigone — Messenger
• 2012Rahab — Mill
• 2012Womack — Dan Tan
• 2011Roadkill — Tommy
• Silk — Paul McGovern
• Sirens — Ryan Bailey
• The Café — Jason
• The Persuasionists — Zac
• Whites — Barnaby
• Mike Bassett: Manager — Carlton Dawes
• Midsomer Murders — Rob Mead
• Silent Drift — John-Michael