Benjamin Zephaniah
b. 1958 — d. 2023 (aged 65)
Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
Actor
Writer
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is 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
Filmography
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★ 7.8
Standing Firm: Football's Windrush Story
2021 Self
Writer
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★ 6.3
Life & Rhymes
2020 Self
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★ 8.7
Treasures of the British Library
2016 Self
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The Road to Wembley
2015 Self
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Double Discrimination: Made in Britain
2015 Actor
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Felix Dennis: Millionaire Poet
2012 Self
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Hip Hop on Trial
2012 Self
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★ 8.5
Word Up: From Ghetto to Mecca
2011 Self
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★ 7.8
PS Your Mystery Sender
2010 Actor
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Private View
2010 Self
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★ 7.0
All the Years of Trying
2009 Self
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★ 7.5
CBeebies Bedtime Story
2006 Writer
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★ 8.1
Balderdash & Piffle
2006 Self
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If I Were Prime Minister
2005 Self
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A Picture of Birmingham
2005 Self
Writer
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Whine Gums
2003 Self
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Footsteps of the Emperor
1999 Self
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Waiting for the Light
1997 Self
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Crucial Tales
1996 Actor
Richard's father
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Village
1996 Actor
Guest of the Week
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★ 8.3
Truth or Dairy
1994 Self
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★ 5.5
Farendj
1990 Actor
Moses
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A Beetle Called Derek
1990 Self
Actor
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The Great Picture Chase
1989 Self
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★ 6.5
Screenplay
1986 Writer
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Policing London
1985 Actor
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Thatcher: The Tracks of Her Years
Self
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Percy Lifar
Actor
Tyrone