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John Boyega
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…
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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.
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2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV show Self
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2024
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
World War II: From the Frontlines
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2023
They Cloned Tyrone
Movie Fontaine
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2022
The Woman King
Movie King Ghezo
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2022
Breaking
Movie Brian Brown-Easley
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2021
Last Meals
TV show Self
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2021
Naked Singularity
Movie Casi
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2020
Small Axe
TV show Leroy Logan
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2020
The Skywalker Legacy
Movie Self
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Finn
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2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Movie Self
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2019
The Empire Strikes Door
Movie
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Serengeti
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2019
Love, Death & Robots
TV show Slash (voice)
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2018
Watership Down
TV show Bigwig (voice)
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2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV show Self
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2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Movie Jake Pentecost
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2018
The Director and the Jedi
Movie Self
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2018
The Force of Sound
Movie Finn (archive footage)
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2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie Finn
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2017
Detroit
Movie Melvin Dismukes
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2017
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
TV show Finn (voice)
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2017
The Circle
Movie Ty Lafitte
- 2016
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2015
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Movie Self
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2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie Finn
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2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Movie Self
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
IMDb on the Scene
TV show Self
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2015
Major Lazer
TV show Blkmrkt (voice)
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Imperial Dreams
Movie Bambi
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2013
The Whale
Movie William Bond
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2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie Ugwu
