John Boyega
Birthday: 1992-03-17 | Place of Birth: Peckham, London, England, UKJohn 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
Acting
Role
as Fontaine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Brian Brown-Easley
as King Ghezo
as Casi
as Self
as Finn
as Bigwig (voice)
as Jake Pentecost
as Self
as Finn
as Melvin Dismukes
as Ty Lafitte
as Blkmrkt (voice)
as Finn
as Self
as Bambi
as Chris Tanner
as Ugwu
as William Bond
as Shakilus Townsend
as Danny Curtis
