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John Boyega
Known for: ActingJohn 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.
Filmography 20
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Finn 
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Finn 
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Finn 
The Woman King
as King Ghezo 
Pacific Rim: Uprising
as Jake Pentecost 
Attack the Block
as Moses 
The Circle
as Ty Lafitte 
Watership Down
as Bigwig (voice) 
Major Lazer
as Blkmrkt (voice) 
They Cloned Tyrone
as Fontaine 
Naked Singularity
as Casi 
Breaking
as Brian Brown-Easley 
World War II: From the Frontlines
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Detroit
as Melvin Dismukes 
Imperial Dreams
as Bambi 
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Ugwu 
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
as Self - Finn (archive footage) 
Attack the Block 2
as Moses 