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).
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort
Character: Finn
MOVIE • 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Character: Self
TV • 2025
World War II: From the Frontlines
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
TV • 2023
They Cloned Tyrone
Character: Fontaine
MOVIE • 2023
The Woman King
Character: King Ghezo
MOVIE • 2022
Breaking
Character: Brian Brown-Easley
MOVIE • 2022
Naked Singularity
Character: Casi
MOVIE • 2021
Small Axe
Character: Leroy Logan
TV • 2020
The Skywalker Legacy
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Character: Finn
MOVIE • 2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
The Empire Strikes Door
Character:
MOVIE • 2019
Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2019
Serengeti
Character: Narrator (voice)
TV • 2019
Love, Death & Robots
Character: Slash (voice)
TV • 2019
Watership Down
Character: Bigwig (voice)
TV • 2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Character: Self
TV • 2018
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Character: Jake Pentecost
MOVIE • 2018
The Director and the Jedi
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
The Force of Sound
Character: Finn (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2018
Crew
