John Boyega
Biography
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
24
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
Conan
The Late Late Show with James Corden
All Movies (34)
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort2025 · as Finn
- They Cloned Tyrone2023 · as Fontaine
- The Woman King2022 · as King Ghezo
- Breaking2022 · as Brian Brown-Easley
- Naked Singularity2021 · as Casi
- The Skywalker Legacy2020 · as Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as Finn
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits2019 · as Self
- The Empire Strikes Door2019
- Pacific Rim: Uprising2018 · as Jake Pentecost
- The Director and the Jedi2018 · as Self
- The Force of Sound2018 · as Finn (archive footage)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · as Finn
- Detroit2017 · as Melvin Dismukes
- The Circle2017 · as Ty Lafitte
- Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey2016 · as Self
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments2015 · as Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · as Finn
- Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel2015 · as Self
- Imperial Dreams2014 · as Bambi
- The Whale2013 · as William Bond
- Half of a Yellow Sun2013 · as Ugwu
- My Murder2012 · as Shakilus Townsend
- Junkhearts2011 · as Jamal
- Behind the Block2011 · as Self
- Attack the Block2011 · as Moses
- The Freshening—
- The Test—
- The Formula—
- Attack the Block 2— · as Moses
- Otis & Zelma— · as Otis Redding
- Slime— · as (voice)
- The Punishing—
- Damilola Taylor: The Last 24 Hours— · as self
All TV Shows (27)
- Number One on the Call Sheet2025 · as Self
- World War II: From the Frontlines2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Last Meals2021 · as Self
- Small Axe2020 · as Leroy Logan
- Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
- Serengeti2019 · as Narrator (voice)
- Love, Death & Robots2019 · as Slash (voice)
- Watership Down2018 · as Bigwig (voice)
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'2018 · as Self
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny2017 · as Finn (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
- IMDb on the Scene2015 · as Self
- Major Lazer2015 · as Blkmrkt (voice)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
- Hot Ones2015 · as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Becoming Human2011 · as Danny Curtis
- Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
- 242001 · as Chris Tanner
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee