John Boyega
Skuespiller, Producer
17. marts 1992 (34 år)
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).
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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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance · as Finn |
| 2023 | They Cloned Tyrone · as Fontaine |
| 2022 | The Woman King · as King Ghezo |
| 2022 | Breaking · as Brian Brown-Easley |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity · as Casi |
| 2020 | Small Axe · as Leroy Logan |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker · as Finn |
| 2019 | Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance · as Finn |
| 2019 | Serengeti · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots · as Slash (voice) |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) · as Bigwig (voice) |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising · as Jake Pentecost |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · as Finn |
| 2017 | Detroit · as Melvin Dismukes |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Forces of Destiny · as Finn (voice) |
| 2017 | The Circle · as Ty Lafitte |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Major Lazer · as Blkmrkt (voice) |
| 2014 | Imperial Dreams · as Bambi |
| 2013 | The Whale · as William Bond |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun · as UgwuPå Plex |
| 2012 | My Murder · as Shakilus Townsend |
| 2011 | Junkhearts · as Jamal |
| 2011 | Attack the Block · as Moses |
| 2011 | Becoming Human · as Danny Curtis |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK · as Jamal Clarkson |
| 2001 | 24 · as Chris Tanner |
| 2022 | Breaking · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 |