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.

Filmography

• 2025Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort — Finn
• 2023They Cloned Tyrone — Fontaine
• 2022Breaking — Brian Brown-Easley
• 2022The Woman King — King Ghezo
• 2021Naked Singularity — Casi
• Small Axe — Leroy Logan
• Love, Death & Robots — Slash (voice)
• Serengeti — Narrator (voice)
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Finn
• 2019The Empire Strikes Door
• 2018Pacific Rim: Uprising — Jake Pentecost, Producer
• 2018The Force of Sound — Finn (archive footage)
• Watership Down — Bigwig (voice)
• 2017Detroit — Melvin Dismukes
• Star Wars: Forces of Destiny — Finn (voice)
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Finn
• 2017The Circle — Ty Lafitte
• Major Lazer — Blkmrkt (voice)
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Finn
• 2014Imperial Dreams — Bambi
• 2013Half of a Yellow Sun — Ugwu
• 2013The Whale — William Bond
• 2012My Murder — Shakilus Townsend
• 2011Attack the Block — Moses
• Becoming Human — Danny Curtis
• 2011Junkhearts — Jamal
• 24 — Chris Tanner
• Attack the Block 2 — Moses, Producer, Writer
• Otis & Zelma — Otis Redding
• Slime — (voice)
• The Formula
• The Freshening
• The Punishing — Producer
• The Test

Appearances as themselves (28)

• Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
• 2024Walt Disney: Behind the Magic — Self (archive footage)
• World War II: From the Frontlines — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Last Meals — Self
• 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self
• 2019Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' — Self
• 2018The Director and the Jedi — Self
• 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• IMDb on the Scene — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2011Behind the Block — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• Damilola Taylor: The Last 24 Hours — self