John Boyega Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Career & More)

John Boyega is a British actor who is the famous for his role as Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens in the year of 2015. He got his ups in his native land in the United Kingdom on his first role of Moses in the year of 2011 which is a sci-fi comedy movie Attack the Block. It was before he got worldwide recognition from the seventh film of the Star Wars series as Finn.

Some of his other notable works in acting include a historical fiction drama film Half of a Yellow Sun in the year 2013 and four episodes of the TV series 24: Live Another Day in the year of 2014 and also the drama movie Imperial Dreams in the year 2014 and Detroit in the year of 2017 and The circle in the same year as that of the previous.

John Boyega Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Career & More)

Personal Details

Full Name John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega
Nick Name John
Date of Birth March 17, 1992
Age 30 years as of January 2023
Birth Place Peckham, London, England, United Kingdom
Residence Peckham, London, England, United Kingdom
Ethnicity Black
Religion Christian
Nationality British
Occupations Actor
Education Qualification Diploma in Performing Arts
Net Worth $ 6 Million USD as of 2022
Marital Status Single
Debut
  • TV: Da Brick (2011)
  • Movie: Attack the Block (2011)

Physical Appearance

Eye Color Black
Hair Color Black
Chest 42 Inches
Waist 34 Inches
Biceps 14 Inches
Height 5’9″ Feet
Weight 87 kg

Personal Life (Family, Friends, Girlfriends, Children)

Father Samson Boyega
Mother Abigail Boyega
Sibling Grace Boyega and Blessing Boyega (Sisters)
Girlfriend/ Wife Daisy Ridley

Early life, Family and Relationship

John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega is the birth name of the popular John Boyega. He was born on 17th march 1992 and was born in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was born in the Camberwell district of London and grew up in Peckham.

His parents are Samson Adegboyega who was a Pentecostal minister and Abigail who was a carer and both of them were of Nigerian descent and he also had two elder sisters who are Grace Boyega & Blessing Boyega. He got his first acting role in a play at Oliver Goldsmith Primary School as a leopard. When he was nine he was in another play and was noticed by Teresa Early, who was the artistic director of the learning theatre for young people who live in south London, Theatre Peckham.

He spent time over there after school hours since he was nine till he became fourteen. Rumours were there that his father wanted him to continue with his position as a minister as well. He denied it in an interview with Sam Sanders on Fresh Air, with an answer stating his father was of a support for his theatrical interests.

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John Boyega’s Success and career

John Boyega got trained at the Hackney, in the Identity School of Acting. He has also appeared in Six Parties at the National Theatre and Category B which was in the Tricycle Theatre. This was before when he was given the role in Attack the Block in the year of 2011.

John Boyega Movies

Year Film Name Worked as
2023 They Cloned Tyrone Fontaine
2022 Breaking Brian Brown-Easley
2022 The Woman King King Ghezo
2021 Naked Singularity Casi
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Finn
2018 Pacific Rim: Uprising Jake Pentecost
2017 The Circle Ty
2017 Detroit Melvin Dismukes
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Finn
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens FN-2187 / Finn
2014 Imperial Dreams Bambi
2013 Half of a Yellow Sun Ugwu
2011 Attack the Block Moses
2011 Junkhearts Jamal

John Boyega Movies, TV Shows

Year TV Shows Worked as
2020 Small Axe Leroy Logan
2019 Serengeti Narrator
2018 Watership Down Bigwig
2017–18 Star Wars Forces of Destiny Finn
2016 Tinkershrimp & Dutch Dutch
2015 Major Lazer Blkmrkt
2015 Saturday Night Live Himself
2014 24: Live Another Day Chris Tanner
2013 The Whale William Bond
2012 My Murder Shakilus Townsend
2011 Da Brick Donnie
2011 Becoming Human Danny Curtis
2011 Law & Order: UK Jamal Clarkson

 

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