
John Boyega
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1992-03-17
Place of birth: 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

The Woman King
2022King GhezoThe Freshening

Attack the Block
2011Moses
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013Ugwu
My Murder
2012Shakilus Townsend
Imperial Dreams
2014Bambi
Junkhearts
2011Jamal
The Force of Sound
2018Finn (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017Finn
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Finn
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015Self
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016Self
Detroit
2017Melvin Dismukes
The Whale
2013William Bond
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018Jake Pentecost
The Circle
2017Ty Lafitte
The Director and the Jedi
2018Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019Finn