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

Father Brown

The Sheep Detectives

Silk

His Dark Materials

The Gorge

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Doctor Strange

All Movies (30)

• Narnia: The Magician's Nephew2027
• The Sheep Detectives2026 · as Reverend Hillcoate
• End of Play2025 · as The Caretaker
• The Gorge2025 · as Black Ops Commander
• National Theatre Live: Coriolanus2025 · as Tullus Aufidius
• Apartment 7A2024 · as BJ
• National Theatre Live: The Effect2024 · as Dr Toby Sealey
• Wonka2023 · as Officer Affable
• Sumotherhood2023 · as Shotti
• Pretty Hands2023 · as Pastor Paul
• TAMING A SEAHORSE2023 · as Solomon
• Twice As Good2022 · as Dee Dee (Adult)
• Superworm2021 · as Wizard Lizard (voice)
• Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Detective Crispus Allen
• Mary Poppins Returns2018 · as Frye / Weasel (voice)
• Gwen2018 · as Doctor Wren
• Ghost Stories2018 · as Father Emery
• The Commuter2018 · as Oliver
• Justice League2017 · as Detective Crispus Allen
• Paddington 22017 · as Warden Walker
• Doctor Strange2016 · as Physical Therapist
• The Roof2016 · as David Lan's Assistant
• National Theatre Live: Hamlet2015 · as Laertes
• The Double2014 · as Guard / Doctor
• Turks & Caicos2014 · as Colin Maitlis
• National Theatre Live: Antigone2012 · as Messenger
• Womack2012 · as Dan Tan
• Rahab2012 · as Mill
• Roadkill2011 · as Tommy
• Silent Drift— · as John-Michael

All TV Shows (19)

• Wolf King2025 · as Master Hogan (voice)
• Mr Loverman2024 · as Tony
• The Veil2024 · as Johnson
• Dreaming Whilst Black2023 · as Rudolph
• Ragdoll2021 · as Joel Shepton
• Red Election2021 · as Levi Nichols
• His Dark Materials2019 · as Balthamos
• Motherland2017 · as Nick
• Class2016 · as Jasper Adeola
• Capital2015 · as Mashinko
• The Last Panthers2015 · as James Davis
• Father Brown2013 · as Marvin Morris
• The Café2011 · as Jason
• Sirens2011 · as Ryan Bailey
• Silk2011 · as Paul McGovern
• Whites2010 · as Barnaby
• The Persuasionists2010 · as Zac
• Mike Bassett: Manager2005 · as Carlton Dawes
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Rob Mead