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John Boyega

Actor

John Boyega

Born March 17, 1992 in Peckham, London, England, UK23 films

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.

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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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Star Wars: The Force Awakens posterFirst watchStar Wars: The Force Awakens20157.2as FinnThirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster6.7Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017The Woman King poster7.6The Woman King2022Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker poster6.2Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019Detroit poster7.2Detroit2017Pacific Rim: Uprising poster6.1Pacific Rim: Uprising2018Attack the Block poster6.5Attack the Block2011The Circle poster5.5The Circle2017They Cloned Tyrone poster6.6They Cloned Tyrone2023

Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Freshening
  2. TBAThe Test
  3. TBAThe Formula
  4. TBAAttack the Block 2Moses
  5. TBAOtis & ZelmaOtis Redding
  6. TBASlime(voice)
  7. TBAThe Punishing
  8. 2023They Cloned TyroneFontaine
  9. 2022The Woman KingKing Ghezo
  10. 2022BreakingBrian Brown-Easley
  11. 2021Naked SingularityCasi
  12. 2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerFinn
  13. 2018Pacific Rim: UprisingJake Pentecost
  14. 2017Star Wars: The Last JediFinn
  15. 2017DetroitMelvin Dismukes
  16. 2017The CircleTy Lafitte
  17. 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensFinn
  18. 2014Imperial DreamsBambi
  19. 2013The WhaleWilliam Bond
  20. 2013Half of a Yellow SunUgwu
  21. 2012My MurderShakilus Townsend
  22. 2011JunkheartsJamal
  23. 2011Attack the BlockMoses