John Boyega
Actor
- Born
- March 17, 1992 (age 34) · Peckham, London, England, UK
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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Known for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 15, 2015
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
December 13, 2017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
December 18, 2019
Pacific Rim: Uprising
March 21, 2018
The Circle
April 27, 2017
The Woman King
September 16, 2022
Attack the Block
May 11, 2011
Detroit
July 28, 2017
They Cloned Tyrone
June 14, 2023
Breaking
August 25, 2022
Imperial Dreams
January 20, 2014
Naked Singularity
August 6, 2021
Acting37
- 2026Damilola Taylor: The Untold Story as Self
- 2026Social Media Killed the Movie Star as John Boyega
- 2025Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort as Finn
- 2024Walt Disney: Behind the Magic as Finn (archive footage)
- 2023They Cloned Tyrone as Fontaine
- 2022The Woman King as King Ghezo
- 2022Breaking as Brian Brown-Easley
- 2021Naked Singularity as Casi
- 2020The Skywalker Legacy as Self
- 2019