Acting
John Boyega
EN cinema · 37 credits
Born
17 March 1992 (age 34)
Birthplace
Peckham, London, England, UK
Also known as John Adedayo Adegboyega
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.
Known for
Filmography
Attack the Block 2
as Moses, Producer, Writer
Otis & Zelma
Otis & Zelma
as Otis Redding
Slime
as (voice)
The Punishing
The Punishing
Actor, Producer
Social Media Killed the Movie Star
as John Boyega
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
as Finn (archive footage)
They Cloned Tyrone
as Fontaine
The Woman King
as King Ghezo
Breaking
as Brian Brown-Easley
The Force of Sound
as Finn (archive footage)
Pacific Rim: Uprising
as Jake Pentecost, Producer
Detroit
as Melvin Dismukes
The Circle
as Ty Lafitte
Imperial Dreams
as Bambi
The Whale
as William Bond
My Murder
as Shakilus Townsend
Attack the Block
as Moses
Junkhearts
as Jamal
Behind the Block
as Self