“When I was 15, the idea of acting as a job was completely far-fetched” — Kingsley Ben-Adir breaks through

The winner of the Trophée Chopard 2021 talks privacy, winging it — and childhood spiders

Photography: Greg Williams

Before he started covering magazines, playing world leaders such as Obama and Malcolm X, starring in everything from Peaky Blinders to Marvel’s next big TV series and being nominated for a BAFTA, Kingsley Ben-Adir had made a local name for himself for something a little more peculiar than acting.

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