Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Personal Info

Birthday

August 23, 1977

(47 years old)

Place of Birth

Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana

Also Known As

Kobna Holdbrook Smith

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Biography

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Gorge

Father Brown

His Dark Materials

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Wonka

Doctor Strange

Justice League

Filmography

2025
The Gorge
as Black Ops Commander
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Tullus Aufidius
2024
Apartment 7A
as BJ
National Theatre Live: The Effect
as Dr Toby Sealey
2023
Wonka
as Officer Affable
Sumotherhood
as Shotti
Pretty Hands
as Pastor Paul
TAMING A SEAHORSE
as Solomon
2022
Twice As Good
as Dee Dee (Adult)
2021
Superworm
as Wizard Lizard (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Detective Crispus Allen
2018
Mary Poppins Returns
as Frye / Weasel (voice)
Gwen
as Doctor Wren
Ghost Stories
as Father Emery
The Commuter
as Oliver
2017
Justice League
as Detective Crispus Allen
Paddington 2
as Warden Walker
2016
Doctor Strange
as Physical Therapist
The Roof
as David Lan's Assistant
2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Laertes
2014
The Double
as Guard / Doctor
Turks & Caicos
as Colin Maitlis
2012
National Theatre Live: Antigone
as Messenger
Womack
as Dan Tan
Rahab
as Mill
2011
Roadkill
as Tommy