Daniel Kaluuya
Acting
Biography
Daniel Kaluuya (/kəˈluːjə/; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He went on to gain attention for his television roles in Psychoville (2009–2011), The Fades (2011), and the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015). In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. This was followed by roles in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther (2018), Steve McQueen's crime drama Widows (2018), Peele's horror film Nope (2022), and Sony Pictures Animation's animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). For his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in the biopic Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Kaluuya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 24, 1989
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Hobie Brown (voice)
as Self
as Hobie Brown (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as OJ Haywood
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Fred Hampton
as The Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
as Jay
as Slim
as Self - Guest
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Bluebell (voice)
as Jatemme Manning
as Self
as W'Kabi
as Self (archive footage)
as The Man (voice)
as Chris Washington
as Reggie Wayne
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Matt Coward
as Dave
as Self
as Black Death
as Juka Ogadowa
as Mbwana
as Bingham 'Bing' Madsen
as Mac Armstrong
as Tucker
as Tealeaf
as Mo
as Tealeaf / Michael Fry
as Barclay
as Young Cass - age 14
as Shocker
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Posh Kenneth
as DJ
as Reece
as Micah
as Self
as Errol Harris
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Nominee