Cast & creator
John Boyega
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show
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.
Also known as: John Adedayo Adegboyega
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television credits
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1944–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (66)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
24
Chris Tanner
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Last Meals
Self
2021
Love, Death & Robots
Slash (voice)
2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Finn
2017
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Finn
2015
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Finn
2019
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Jake Pentecost
2018Pacific Rim: Uprising
Producer
2018
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
Finn (voice)
2017
The Woman King
King Ghezo
2022
Small Axe
Leroy Logan
2020
The Circle
Ty Lafitte
2017
Attack the Block
Moses
2011
Major Lazer
Blkmrkt (voice)
2015
Watership Down
Bigwig (voice)
2018
They Cloned Tyrone
Fontaine
2023
Naked Singularity
Casi
2021
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
Serengeti
Narrator (voice)
2019
World War II: From the Frontlines
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
IMDb on the Scene
Self
2015
Detroit
Melvin Dismukes
2017
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
2020
Breaking
Brian Brown-Easley
2022
The Director and the Jedi
Self
2018The Punishing
The Punishing
Producer
Becoming Human
Danny Curtis
2011
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Self (archive footage)
2024
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
2015
Imperial Dreams
Bambi
2014
The Force of Sound
Finn (archive footage)
2018
Half of a Yellow Sun
Ugwu
2013
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Self
2016
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
2015
The Empire Strikes Door
2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Self
2019The Freshening
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance | Disneyland Resort
Finn
2025
The Whale
William Bond
2013The Test
Attack the Block 2
Moses
Attack the Block 2
Producer
Attack the Block 2
Writer
My Murder
Shakilus Townsend
2012
Behind the Block
Self
2011
Junkhearts
Jamal
2011Damilola Taylor: The Last 24 Hours
self
The Formula
Slime
(voice)
Otis & Zelma
Otis Redding