John Boyega

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1992-03-17 (33 years old)

Place of Birth

Peckham, London, England, UK

John Boyega

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 Re...

Acting

2022

The Woman King

as King Ghezo

2011

2012

My Murder

as Shakilus Townsend

2014

2011

Junkhearts

as Jamal

2018

The Force of Sound

as Finn (archive footage)

2017

Detroit

as Melvin Dismukes

2013

The Whale

as William Bond

2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising

as Jake Pentecost

2017

The Circle

as Ty Lafitte

2011

2023

2022

Breaking

as Brian Brown-Easley

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Otis & Zelma

as Otis Redding

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Slime

as (voice)

Production

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