{"id":135566,"date":"2019-11-16T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-7692161\/British-actor-Kingsley-Ben-Adir-cast-Barack-Obama-CBS-upcoming-James-Comey-miniseries.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:41:51","slug":"british-actor-kingsley-ben-adir-cast-as-barack-obama-in-cbs-upcoming-james-comey-miniseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/so\/british-actor-kingsley-ben-adir-cast-as-barack-obama-in-cbs-upcoming-james-comey-miniseries\/","title":{"rendered":"British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir cast as Barack Obama in CBS’ upcoming James Comey miniseries\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s set to star in the upcoming Hulu series High Fidelity opposite Zo\u00eb Kravitz.<\/p>\n

Now rising star Kingsley Ben-Adir has added his highest-profile role yet: Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The British actor will play the former president on CBS’ new miniseries about former FBI Director James Comey, according to Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Big shoes to fill: Rising star Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast in his highest-profile role to date: President Barack Obama, according to Entertainment Weekly; shown on Tuesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The four-episode miniseries will be titled after Comey’s 2019 book A Higher Loyalty, which detailed his interactions with President Donald Trump, along with his thoughts on loyalty and ethics.<\/p>\n

The Squid And The Whale’s Jeff Daniels was announced to play the FBI director in October, and filming began earlier this month. <\/p>\n

Kingley’s film and television work only goes back to 2012, but he’s already gained impressive credits, including major roles on Netflix’s The OA and the BBC’s Peaky Binders.<\/p>\n

He’s also built up a reliable presence on British murder mysteries, including Vera, Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie’s Marple.<\/p>\n

He was featured in the 2017 crime drama Trespass Against Us opposite Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson.  <\/p>\n

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Coming soon: Kingsley will play the former president in the four-episode CBS miniseries A Higher Loyalty, based on James Comey’s book of the same name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lead role: The Squid And The Whale’s Jeff Daniels was announced to play the FBI director in October, and filming began earlier this month; shown in May in New York City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kingsley will be reunited with Gleeson on A Higher Loyalty, as the Irish actor has been cast as the current president.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Kingsley appeared in the Disney film Noelle, which stars Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader.<\/p>\n

The movie was originally slated for a theatrical release, but it instead became one of the inaugural offerings on the new Disney+ streaming service, released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Other stars of A Higher Loyalty include Holly Hunter, who was recently featured in the acclaimed second season of Succession, playing Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.<\/p>\n

House Of Cards’ Michael Kelly will portray Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Scott McNairy, William Sadler and Brian d’Arcy James are also featured. <\/p>\n

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Rising in stature: Kingsley is also set to appear on Hulu’s High Fidelity series, set for release in February. He’s been a regular on Netflix’s The OA and the BBC’s Peaky Binders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Commander-in-chief: Brendan Gleeson, who appeared with Kingsley in Trespass Against Us, will play President Donald Trump<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It’s unclear so far whether the series will air on CBS, or whether the network will place it on its sister channel Showtime.<\/p>\n

James Comey was confirmed by congress in 2013 for a 10-year term after being nominated by Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

Less than four years into his term he was dismissed by Donald Trump, ostensibly because of mishandling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, though reporting indicated that he was on the hot seat due to an unflattering investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Comey later leaked a memo he had written detailing Trump’s request that he end an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony count of making false statements to the FBI.<\/p>\n

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Leading man: James Comey was fired in 2017 by Donald Trump. The firing became a major subject of the inquiry by Special Counsel Robert Mueller; shown in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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