John Boyega
Birthday: 1992-03-17
Place of Birth: Peckham, London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boyega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Woman King
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahome...
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The Freshening
In the near future, tensions over race and gender have reached violent extremes, so the U.S. governm...
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Attack the Block
A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their ...
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Half of a Yellow Sun
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly i...
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My Murder
A chance meeting with a girl leads to murder as a teenage boy is engulfed by a web of lies in this i...
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Imperial Dreams
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he i...
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Junkhearts
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alco...
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The Force of Sound
Go inside the sound design of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. From the ignition of a lightsaber to the chi...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the...
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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Though lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film, the ...
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Alex Zane counts down the top 20 Star Wars moments as voted by the public. Includes contributions fr...
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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuri...
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Detroit
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of...
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The Whale
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is at...
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Pacific Rim: Uprising
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindica...
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The Circle
A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's r...
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The Director and the Jedi
An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the ...
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Damero...
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Behind the Block
An incredibly comprehensive look at the movie Attack The Block that takes viewers into the casting p...
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Naked Singularity
When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a...
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The Empire Strikes Door
A thrilling comedic documentary attempting to uncover the mystery of who is responsible for one of t...
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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new lands at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disn...
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The Skywalker Legacy
The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The ...
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They Cloned Tyrone
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspirac...
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The Test
A soft-spoken immigrant taking a citizen evaluation test and a brilliant young behavioral psychologi...
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The Formula
A formula one racing prodigy is forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has lef...
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Breaking
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several peop...
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Slime
In a too-near future, Muna is an optimistic but broke young woman who signs up for a paid clinical t...
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