Person Details

Birthday: 1992-03-17 12:15:20

Aliases: John Adedayo Adegboyega , 존 보예가

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Peckham, London, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

John Boyega (born 17 March 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Boyega was born in Peckham, London, to Nigerian parents. His first role was that of a leopard in a play at his primary school at the age of five. He attended Westminster City School as a teenager. He later took part in various school productions and attended classes at Theatre Peckham. He was a performing arts student at South Thames College in Wandsworth and was active in theatre productions there, including the lead in Othello in 2010.

Most Famous Work

The Woman King
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8

The Woman King

(2022) King Ghezo
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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7
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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7
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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6
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
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5

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny

(2017) Finn (voice)
Pacific Rim: Uprising
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6

Pacific Rim: Uprising

(2018) Jake Pentecost
Small Axe
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7

Small Axe

(2020) Leroy Logan
Watership Down
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7

Watership Down

(2018) Bigwig (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2026 Finn
2023 Fontaine / Chester / Tyrone
2022 King Ghezo
Brian Brown-Easley
2021 Casi
2020 Leroy Logan
Self
2019 Finn
Himself
N/A
Self - Guest
Narrator
2018 Bigwig (voice)
Self
Jake Pentecost
Self
Finn (archive footage)
2017 Finn
Melvin Dismukes
Finn (voice)
Ty Lafitte
2016 Self
2015 Self
Finn
Self
Self
Blkmrkt (voice)
Self
Self
2014 Bambi
2013 William Bond
Ugwu
2012 Shakilus Townsend
2011 Jamal
Self
Moses
2007 Self
2006 Terrence
1996 Self
1944 Self - Winner
N/A
Narrator (voice)
Moses
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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