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John Boyega is an actor whose professional career began in 2011. He is identified in library records as an actor and has been referenced by 461 other encyclopedia articles. His social media presence includes 2,137,456 followers.
Records from Crossref indicate a works count of 5, while Open Library lists a work count of 0. MusicBrainz classifies him as a person, and Last.fm data shows 20 listeners and a playcount of 42.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Trophée Chopard
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- John Boyega by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1992-01-01
- Commons category
- John Boyega
- name in native language
- John Boyega
- birth name
- John Adedayo Adegboyega
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 1981021
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Encyclopedic overview
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). During his time 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). As of January 2016, he owned an independent production company called UpperRoom Productions.
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