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John Boyega

Acting · Born March 17, 1992 · 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. 

Movies with John Boyega

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — Finn
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — Finn
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — Finn
• Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) — Jake Pentecost
• The Woman King (2022) — King Ghezo
• The Circle (2017) — Ty Lafitte
• Attack the Block (2011) — Moses
• They Cloned Tyrone (2023) — Fontaine
• Detroit (2017) — Melvin Dismukes
• Naked Singularity (2021) — Casi
• Breaking (2022) — Brian Brown-Easley
• Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) — Ugwu

TV shows with John Boyega

• Major Lazer (2015) — Blkmrkt (voice)
• Serengeti (2019) — Narrator (voice)
• World War II: From the Frontlines (2023) — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Becoming Human (2011) — Danny Curtis