Daniel Kaluuya

Biography

Daniel Kaluuya (/kəˈluːjə/; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He went on to gain attention for his television roles in Psychoville (2009–2011), The Fades (2011), and the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015). In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. This was followed by roles in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther (2018), Steve McQueen's crime drama Widows (2018), Peele's horror film Nope (2022), and Sony Pictures Animation's animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). For his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in the biopic Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Kaluuya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Skins

Skins

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (35)

• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse2027 · as Hobie Brown (voice)
• Red Bull Symphonic: Asake2025 · as Self (Audience)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 · as Hobie Brown (voice)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie2023 · as Self
• Nope2022 · as OJ Haywood
• An Audience with Adele2021 · as Self
• Black Power: A British Story of Resistance2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Judas and the Black Messiah2021 · as Fred Hampton
• A Christmas Carol2020 · as The Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
• Two Single Beds2020 · as Jay
• Queen & Slim2019 · as Slim
• Widows2018 · as Jatemme Manning
• Black Panther2018 · as W'Kabi
• Pattern Recognition2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Robot & Scarecrow2017 · as The Man (voice)
• Unveiling the Horror of Get Out2017 · as Self
• Get Out2017 · as Chris Washington
• Sicario2015 · as Reggie Wayne
• Date Night2014 · as Dave
• Kick-Ass 22013 · as Black Death
• Welcome to the Punch2013 · as Juka Ogadowa
• Jonah2013 · as Mbwana
• Johnny English Reborn2011 · as Tucker
• Random2011 · as Brother
• Psychoville Halloween Special2010 · as Tealeaf
• Chatroom2010 · as Mo
• Baby2010 · as Damon
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead2009 · as Barclay
• Cass2008 · as Young Cass - age 14
• Much Ado About a Minor Ting2007 · as Shocker
• Shoot the Messenger2006 · as Reece
• The Upper World—
• Misty Green—
• Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel—
• The Parlay—

All TV Shows (32)

• Number One on the Call Sheet2025 · as Self
• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• All or Nothing: Arsenal2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• Cities: Nature's New Wild2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Watership Down2018 · as Bluebell (voice)
• The Shop2018 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Babylon2014 · as Matt Coward
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Black Mirror2011 · as Bingham 'Bing' Madsen
• The Fades2011 · as Mac Armstrong
• 10 Minute Tales2009 · as Soldier 2
• Psychoville2009 · as Michael Fry
• FM2009 · as Ades
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• Lewis2007 · as Declan
• Skins2007 · as Posh Kenneth
• Skins2007 · as DJ
• Coming Up2003 · as Micah
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Silent Witness1996 · as Errol Harris
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee