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John Boyega
Actor, Producer
Born March 17, 1992 (30 years)
John Boyega (born 17 March 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Breaking · as Brian Brown-Easley |
| 2022 | They Cloned Tyrone · as Fontaine |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity · as Casi |
| 2020 | Small Axe (TV Series) · as Leroy Logan |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Serengeti (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising · as Jake Pentecost |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as Bigwig (voice) |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · as Finn |
| 2017 | The Circle · as Ty Lafitte |
| 2017 | Detroit · as Melvin Dismukes |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (TV Series) · as Finn |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Imperial Dreams · as Bambi |
| 2014 | Major Lazer (TV Series) · as Blkmrkt (voice) |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun · as Ugwu |
| 2013 | The Whale · as William Bond |
| 2011 | Attack the Block · as Moses |
| 2011 | Junkhearts · as Jamal |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Jamal Clarkson |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as John Boyega (segment "Star Wars Auditions") |