John Boyega
Age: N/A | From: Peckham, London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: John Adedayo Adegboyega
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Peckham, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boyega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Woman King
(2022) King Ghezo
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015) Finn
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(2017) Finn
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019) Finn
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
(2017) Finn (voice)
Pacific Rim: Uprising
(2018) Jake Pentecost
Small Axe
(2020) Leroy Logan
Watership Down
(2018) Bigwig (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Finn | |
| 2023 | Fontaine / Chester / Tyrone | |
| 2022 | King Ghezo | |
| Brian Brown-Easley | ||
| 2021 | Casi | |
| 2020 | Leroy Logan | |
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Finn | |
| Himself | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Bigwig (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| Jake Pentecost | ||
| Self | ||
| Finn (archive footage) | ||
| 2017 | Finn | |
| Melvin Dismukes | ||
| Finn (voice) | ||
| Ty Lafitte | ||
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2015 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Finn | ||
| Self | ||
| Blkmrkt (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2014 | Bambi | |
| 2013 | William Bond | |
| Ugwu | ||
| 2012 | Shakilus Townsend | |
| 2011 | Jamal | |
| Self | ||
| Moses | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2006 | Terrence | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1944 | Self - Winner | |
| N/A | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Moses | ||
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Production
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| 2018 | Producer | |
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Writing
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