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Daniel Kaluuya
Actor, Writer, Producer, DirectorBorn February 24, 1989 (36 years)
Daniel Kaluuya (/kəˈluːjə/; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He went on to gain attention for his television roles in Psychoville (2009–2011), The Fades (2011), and the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015).
In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. This was followed by roles in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther (2018), Steve McQueen's crime drama Widows (2018), Peele's horror film Nope (2022), and Sony Pictures Animation's animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). For his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in the biopic Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023).
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Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He went on to gain attention for his television roles in Psychoville (2009–2011), The Fades (2011), and the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015).
In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. This was followed by roles in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther (2018), Steve McQueen's crime drama Widows (2018), Peele's horror film Nope (2022), and Sony Pictures Animation's animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). For his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in the biopic Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023).
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Daniel Kaluuya Filmography
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse · as Hobie Brown (voice) |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · as Hobie Brown (voice) |
| 2022 | Nope · as Oj Haywood |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah · as Fred Hampton |
| 2020 | A Christmas Carol · as The Ghost Of Christmas Present (voice) |
| 2020 | Two Single Beds · as Jay |
| 2019 | Queen & Slim · as Slim |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as Bluebell (voice) |
| 2018 | Widows · as Jatemme Manning |
| 2018 | Black Panther · as W'kabi |
| 2017 | Get Out · as Chris Washington |
| 2015 | Sicario · as Reggie Wayne |
| 2014 | Babylon (2014) (TV Series) · as Matt Coward |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 · as Black Death |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Punch · as Juka Ogadowa |
| 2013 | Jonah · as Mbwana |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Bingham 'bing' Madsen |
| 2011 | The Fades (TV Series) · as Mac Armstrong |
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn · as Tucker |
| 2011 | Random · as Brother |
| 2010 | Chatroom · as Mo |
| 2010 | Baby · as Damon |
| 2010 | Bellamy's People (TV Series) · as Various |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales (TV Series) · as Solider 2 |
| 2009 | The Philanthropist (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2009 | Psychoville (TV Series) · as Tealeaf / Michael Fry |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead · as Barclay |
| 2009 | FM (2009) (TV Series) |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | The Whistleblowers (TV Series) · as School Bully |
| 2007 | Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul (TV Series) · as Parking Pataweyo |
| 2007 | Skins (TV Series) · as Posh Kenneth |
| 2006 | That Mitchell and Webb Look (TV Series) · as Poor Black Kid |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger · as Reece |
| 2006 | Lewis (TV Series) · as Declan |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Barclay |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) · as Micah |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Errol Harris |