John Boyega
Acting
Born: 1992-03-17 in Peckham, London, England, UK
Biography
John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega (born 17 March 1992), known professionally as John Boyega, is a British actor and producer. He first gained recognition in Britain for his role as a teenage gang leader in the comedy horror film Attack the Block (2011) before he had his international breakthrough playing Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). As a cast member of the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2017 and 2019), Boyega received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2016 and the Trophée Chopard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Boyega's career continued to gain momentum in 2020 when he won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Leroy Logan in Red, White and Blue, a part of Steve McQueen's anthology series Small Axe. He then played King Ghezo in the historical action film The Woman King (2022) and a drug dealer in the mystery film They Cloned Tyrone (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boyega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
24
Chris Tanner
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Conan
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
Self
Last Meals
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Love, Death & Robots
Slash (voice)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Finn
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Finn
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Finn
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Jake Pentecost
The Circle
Ty Lafitte
The Woman King
King Ghezo
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Finn (voice)
Major Lazer
Blkmrkt (voice)
Attack the Block
Moses
They Cloned Tyrone
Fontaine
Small Axe
Leroy Logan
Detroit
Melvin Dismukes
Naked Singularity
Casi
Breaking
Brian Brown-Easley
Watership Down
Bigwig (voice)
Serengeti
Narrator (voice)
World War II: From the Frontlines
Self - Narrator (voice)
Becoming Human
Danny Curtis
Imperial Dreams
Bambi
The Punishing
IMDb on the Scene
Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self