John Boyega | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 95% They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

Lowest Rated: 16% The Circle (2017)

Birthday: Mar 17, 1992

Birthplace: Peckham, South London, England, UK

John Boyega was a British actor best known for his roles in "Attack the Block" (2011) and "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens." Boyega was born on March 17, 1992 in London, England to Nigerian parents. He was interested in performing from a young age, participating in school plays and taking theater classes. He attended South Thames College, where he was a performing arts major and played the titular role in "Othello." He went on to take classes at the Identity Drama School, where he was cast in many stage productions. His first television role was as a bully in the supernatural and short-lived "Being Human" (BBC 2008-2013) spinoff "Becoming Human" (BBC 2011). He then took on a lead role in the sci-fi comedy movie "Attack the Block." Boyega played Moses, a gang leader facing an alien invasion, a role that won Boyega multiple nominations for best breakthrough performance in England. He went on to star in the film adaptation of popular Nigerian-American author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "Half of a Yellow Sun" (2013). In April 2014, it was revealed that Boyega would star as Finn the stormtrooper in J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015). This decision made Boyega the recipient of some racist internet bullying, but he responded by posting a message on Instagram telling those who thought there couldn't be a black stormtrooper to "get used to it."

Highest rated movies

95% 82% They Cloned Tyrone 94% 99% The Woman King 93% 84% Star Wars: The Force Awakens 92% 81% Imperial Dreams 91% 41% Star Wars: The Last Jedi 91% 75% Attack the Block 82% 84% Breaking 82% 79% Detroit

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John Boyega ATTACK THE BLOCK, Leeon Jones (left), John Boyega (center), Alex Esmail (second from right), 2011. ©Screen Gems PACIFIC RIM UPRISING, L-R: JOHN BOYEGA, SCOTT EASTWOOD, DIRECTOR STEVEN S. DEKNIGHT ON SET, 2018. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS), from left: Daisy Ridley, BB-8, John Boyega, 2015./©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd. PACIFIC RIM UPRISING, L-R: JOHN BOYEGA, SCOTT EASTWOOD, 2018. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, FROM LEFT: DIRECTOR RIAN JOHNSON, JOHN BOYEGA, OSCAR ISAAC, ON SET, 2017. PH: DAVID JAMES. © WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES/LUCASFILM LTD. DETROIT, JOHN BOYEGA, 2017. PH: FRANCOIS DUHAMEL. ©ANNAPURNA DISTRIBUTION IMPERIAL DREAMS, John Boyega (left), 2014. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS), from left: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, 2015. ph: David James/©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS), from left: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, 2015. ph: David James/©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
95% 82% They Cloned Tyrone Fontaine (Character) - 2023
94% 99% The Woman King King Ghezo (Character) $67.1M 2022
82% 84% Breaking Brian Brown-Easley (Character),
Executive Producer
$2.8M 2022
28% 30% Naked Singularity Casi (Character) $3.0K 2021
51% 86% Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Finn (Character) $515.2M 2019
42% 37% Pacific Rim Uprising Jake Pentecost (Character),
Producer
$59.2M 2018
91% 41% Star Wars: The Last Jedi Finn (Character) $620.2M 2017
82% 79% Detroit Dismukes (Character) $16.8M 2017
16% 21% The Circle Ty (Character) $20.5M 2017
No Score Yet 18% Opening Night Fan Event Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Finn (Character) - 2017
93% 84% Star Wars: The Force Awakens Finn (Character) $123 2015
92% 81% Imperial Dreams Bambi (Character) - 2014
51% 36% Half of a Yellow Sun Ugwu (Character) $53.6K 2013
91% 75% Attack the Block Moses (Character) $1.0M 2011

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 70% World War II: From the Frontlines Narrator 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2023
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2022
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2015 2017 2019 2022
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2017-2018 2022
97% 76% Small Axe Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2015 2017 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Ones Guest 2019
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2015 2017-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Serengeti Narrator 2019
74% 81% Watership Down Bigwig (Voice) 2018
No Score Yet 73% Das Boot Finn (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet They've Gotta Have Us Self 2018
No Score Yet 36% Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Unknown (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2018
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015
No Score Yet 62% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 100% Major Lazer Unknown (Character) 2015
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