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John Boyega

Actor, ProducerBorn March 17, 1992 (33 years)
John Boyega (born 17 March 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Moses in Attack the Block (2011) and King Ghezo in The Woman King (2022).

Boyega was born in Peckham, London, to Nigerian parents. His first role was that of a leopard in a play at his primary school at the age of five. He attended Westminster City School as a teenager. He later took part in various school productions and attended classes at Theatre Peckham. He was a performing arts student at South Thames College in Wandsworth and was active in theatre productions there, including the lead in Othello in 2010.

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
  • The Whale

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    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)
    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
    2011
    Da Brick · as Donnie
    2009
    Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Jamal Clarkson
    2001
    24 (TV Series) · as Chris Tanner

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