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John Boyega

Actor, ProducerBorn March 17, 1992 (33 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Half of a Yellow Sun

Known For

  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising
  • Attack the Block
  • Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
  • Detroit
  • They Cloned Tyrone
  • The Circle
  • The Woman King
  • Breaking
  • Imperial Dreams
  • Naked Singularity
  • Watership Down (2018)
  • Serengeti
  • Half of a Yellow Sun
  • Major Lazer
  • Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
  • Junkhearts
  • Small Axe

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2023
    They Cloned Tyrone · as Fontaine
    2022
    The Woman King · as King Ghezo
    2022
    Breaking · as Brian Brown-Easley
    2021
    2020
    Small Axe (TV Series) · as Leroy Logan
    2019
    2019
    2019
    Serengeti (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2019
    Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as Slash (voice)
    2018
    Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as Bigwig (voice)
    2018
    Pacific Rim: Uprising · as Jake Pentecost
    2018
    2017
    2017
    Detroit · as Melvin Dismukes
    2017
    Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (TV Series) · as Finn (voice)
    2017
    The Circle · as Ty Lafitte
    2016
    2015
    2014
    Major Lazer (TV Series) · as Blkmrkt (voice)
    2014
    Imperial Dreams · as Bambi
    2013
    The Whale · as William Bond
    2013
    2012
    My Murder · as Shakilus Townsend
    2011
    Junkhearts · as Jamal
    2011
    Attack the Block · as Moses
    2011
    Becoming Human (TV Series) · as Danny Curtis
    2009
    Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Jamal Clarkson
    2001
    24 (TV Series) · as Chris Tanner

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