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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 | Robot & Scarecrow · as The Man (voice) |
| 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 Soldier 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 |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | 81st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | All or Nothing: Arsenal (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | BET Awards 2022 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | 2022 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele · as Self |
| 2021 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2021 | The Dorians Film Toast 2021 · as Self |
| 2021 | 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2021 | Black Power: A British Story of Resistance · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2021 | 2021 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2020 | 2020 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | BET Hip-Hop Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Cities: Nature's New Wild (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Shop: Uninterrupted (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | The EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2018 | 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2018 | 49th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2018 | 49th NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet · as Self |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Unveiling the Horror of 'Get Out' · as Self |
| 2017 | 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Chicken Shop Date (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Access Hollyood Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self - Black Panther |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Inside Politics (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | News at Ten (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2023 | |
| 2020 | Two Single Beds · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Skins (TV Series) |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Queen & Slim · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 |