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Actor

John Boyega

Acting

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Acting credits

51

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

1.7

Low visibility

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Movies: 27Series: 24Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 236695

IMDb ID: nm3915784

Known for: Acting

Born: March 17, 1992

Age: 33

Place of birth: Peckham, London, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 2025

Years active: 82

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q1699385

Also known as

John Adedayo Adegboyega

Other jobs

Producer (2)

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).

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Series

Series

Series credits linked with John Boyega.

Number One on the Call Sheet poster
4.8

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self • 1 eps

2025 Series
World War II: From the Frontlines poster
7.9

World War II: From the Frontlines

as Self - Narrator (voice) • 6 eps

2023 Series
Small Axe poster
6.9

Small Axe

as Leroy Logan • 1 eps

2020 Series
Tamron Hall poster
4.9

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest • 2 eps

2019 Series
Serengeti poster
6.8

Serengeti

as Narrator (voice) • 6 eps

2019 Series
Love, Death & Robots poster
8.2

Love, Death & Robots

as Slash (voice) • 1 eps

2019 Series
Watership Down poster
6.9

Watership Down

as Bigwig (voice) • 2 eps

2018 Series
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' poster
6.3

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

as Self • 3 eps

2018 Series
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny poster
5.1

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny

as Finn (voice) • 3 eps

2017 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster
6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self • 1 eps

2015 Series
IMDb on the Scene poster
6.5

IMDb on the Scene

as Self • 1 eps

2015 Series
Major Lazer poster
6.6

Major Lazer

as Blkmrkt (voice) • 11 eps

2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster
5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self • 1 eps

2015 Series
Hot Ones poster
7.2

Hot Ones

as Self • 1 eps

2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster
4.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self • 1 eps

2014 Series
Becoming Human poster
5.2

Becoming Human

as Danny Curtis • 8 eps

2011 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
5.0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

2009 Series
The Graham Norton Show poster
7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self • 4 eps

2007 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster
5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest • 2 eps

2003 Series
24 poster
7.8

24

as Chris Tanner • 4 eps

2001 Series
The Daily Show poster
6.4

The Daily Show

as Self • 1 eps

1996 Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster
5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

1988 Series
Saturday Night Live poster
7.0

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps

1975 Series
Golden Globe Awards poster
7.2

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee • 1 eps

1944 Series
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