Kadiff Kirwan

Kadiff Kirwan (born 3 February 1989^[1][2]) is a British-Montserratian actor.^[3][4] He is known for his roles in several British television series, particularly Timewasters, Chewing Gum, Fleabag,^[5] The Stranger,^[6] and Slow Horses.

Kadiff Kirwan
Born	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 36) Plymouth, Montserrat
Alma mater	Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present

Early life and education

Born and raised in Plymouth, Montserrat,^[3] Kirwan moved with his family to Antigua after the 1995 Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption destroyed the family home, and thereafter to Preston, England. There he developed a love of drama; he first acted in school, in a production of Bugsy Malone, when he was 14.^[4] On his desire to act, Kirwan said "I was bad at school [...] really bad. And I had a drama teacher who from Year 9 onwards hounded me and told me that my behaviour issues would calm down if I went to drama classes after school. She kept pestering and eventually I went. Suddenly, everything started making sense: I was acting out because I was dealing with being gay and not telling my peers or my family because they're quite religious [...] I was going through a lot at the time, and acting was the thing that saved me. It gave me my voice."

He graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2011.^[7]

Personal life

Kirwan is gay.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Source
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	Attaché	[3]
2019	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Mayor	[3]
2022	My Policeman	Nigel	[9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2015	Call the Midwife	Terence Bissette	Season 4, episode 2	[3]
	Crims	Jason	6 episodes	[3]
2015–2017	Chewing Gum	Aaron	8 episodes	[3]
2016	Comedy Feeds	James	Episode: "Pumped"	[3]
	Black Mirror	Chester	Episode: "Nosedive"	[3]
	Drifters	Patrick	3 episodes	[3]
2017	Drunk History		Season 3, episode 3	[3]
	Queers	Fredrick	Episode: "Safest spot in town"	[3]
	C.B. Strike	Guy Somé	3 episodes	[3]
2018	Informer	Adrian Hodge	Episode: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"	[3]
	Zapped	Bramble	3 episodes	[3]
2019	Flack	Gary	Episode: "Patrick"	[3]
	Fleabag	Anthony	Season 2, episode 5	[3]
	Timewasters	Jason	12 episodes	[3]
	The Capture	DS Charlie Fereday	Episode: "What Happens in Helmand"	[3]
	This Way Up	Bradley	5 episodes	[3]
	The Big Narstie Show	Himself	Season 2, episode 4	[3]
2020	The Stranger	DC Wesley Ross	8 episodes	[3]
	Inside No. 9	Sam	Episode: "Death Be Not Proud"	[3]
	I May Destroy You	Officer Tom	Season 1, episode 5
	Death in Paradise	Henri Dupre	Episode: "Death in the Salon"	[3]
2021	Time	Pete	3 episodes	[3]
	Dodo	Pete Wilson	20 episodes	[3] [10]
2022	This Is Going to Hurt	Julian	6 episodes	[11]
2022–present	Slow Horses	Marcus Longridge	Season 2 and 3 - Recurring Cast
2023	Everyone Else Burns	Andrew	Recurring role[12]
2025	Doctor Who	TBA	Guest role[13]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Source
2013	Home	Nadia Fall
2015	The Vote	Jerome Hanikie	[3]
2019	Guys and Dolls	Skye Masterson
2024	The Hot Wing King	Cordell	[14]