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John Boyega
John Boyega’s screen credits include Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Finn in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, and Finn in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.
Born March 17, 1992 Peckham, London, England, UK3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026Damilola Taylor: The Untold StorySelf
- 2025Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland ResortFinn
- 2024Walt Disney: Behind the MagicSelf (archive footage)
- 2023They Cloned TyroneFontaine
- 2022The Woman KingKing Ghezo
- 2022BreakingBrian Brown-Easley
- 2021Naked SingularityCasi
- 2020The Skywalker LegacySelf
- 2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure AwaitsSelf
- 2019The Empire Strikes DoorActor
- 2018Pacific Rim: UprisingProducer · Jake Pentecost
- 2018The Director and the JediSelf
- 2018The Force of SoundFinn (archive footage)
- 2017DetroitMelvin Dismukes
- 2017The CircleTy Lafitte
- 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic JourneySelf
- 2015Star Wars: Greatest MomentsSelf
- 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf
- 2014Imperial DreamsBambi
- 2013The WhaleWilliam Bond
- 2013Half of a Yellow SunUgwu
- 2012My MurderShakilus Townsend
- 2011JunkheartsJamal
- 2011Behind the BlockSelf
- 2011Attack the BlockMoses
- Attack the Block 2Producer · Writer · Moses
- Otis & ZelmaOtis Redding
- Slime(voice)
- The FormulaActor
- The FresheningActor
- The PunishingActor · Producer
- The TestActor
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Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
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