John Boyega
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 17, 1992 (34 years old)
Place of Birth
Peckham, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
| 2025 | Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland ResortFinn | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSelf | |
| 2023 | They Cloned TyroneFontaine | |
| 2023 | World War II: From the FrontlinesSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Woman KingKing Ghezo | |
| 2022 | BreakingBrian Brown-Easley | |
| 2021 | Naked SingularityCasi | |
| 2020 | The Skywalker LegacySelf | |
| 2020 | Small AxeLeroy Logan | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerFinn | |
| 2019 | The Empire Strikes Door | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure AwaitsSelf | |
| 2019 | Tamron HallSelf - Guest | |
| 2019 | SerengetiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | Love, Death & RobotsSlash (voice) | |
| 2018 | The Force of SoundFinn (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: UprisingJake Pentecost | |
| 2018 | The Director and the JediSelf | |
| 2018 | Watership DownBigwig (voice) | |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Self | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last JediFinn | |
| 2017 | DetroitMelvin Dismukes | |
| 2017 | The CircleTy Lafitte | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Forces of DestinyFinn (voice) | |
| 2016 | Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic JourneySelf | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force AwakensFinn | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Greatest MomentsSelf | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf | |
| 2015 | Major LazerBlkmrkt (voice) | |
| 2015 | Hot OnesSelf | |
| 2015 | IMDb on the SceneSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2014 | Imperial DreamsBambi | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow SunUgwu | |
| 2013 | The WhaleWilliam Bond | |
| 2012 | My MurderShakilus Townsend | |
| 2011 | Attack the BlockMoses | |
| 2011 | JunkheartsJamal | |
| 2011 | Behind the BlockSelf | |
| 2011 | Becoming HumanDanny Curtis | |
| 2010 | ConanSelf - Guest | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2001 | 24Chris Tanner | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| - | The Freshening | |
| - | The Test | |
| - | The Formula | |
| - | Attack the Block 2Moses | |
| - | Otis & ZelmaOtis Redding | |
| - | Slime(voice) | |
| - | The Punishing | |
| - | Damilola Taylor: The Last 24 Hoursself |
| 2018 | Pacific Rim: UprisingProducer | |
| - | Attack the Block 2Producer |
| - | Attack the Block 2Writer |













