Daniel Kaluuya
Acting
Born: Feb 24, 1989
From: London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Hobie Brown (voice) | 2027 | — |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Hobie Brown (voice) | 2023 | 8.332 |
| Nope | OJ Haywood | 2022 | 6.821 |
| An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021 | 8.4 |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Fred Hampton | 2021 | 7.299 |
| Black Power: A British Story of Resistance | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021 | 6.0 |
| A Christmas Carol | The Ghost of Christmas Present … | 2020 | 7.5 |
| Two Single Beds | Jay | 2020 | 6.0 |
| Queen & Slim | Slim | 2019 | 7.137 |
| Black Panther | W'Kabi | 2018 | 7.361 |
| Widows | Jatemme Manning | 2018 | 6.487 |
| Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | 2017 | — |
| Unveiling the Horror of Get Out | Self | 2017 | — |
| Get Out | Chris Washington | 2017 | 7.622 |
| Robot & Scarecrow | The Man (voice) | 2017 | 7.8 |
| Sicario | Reggie Wayne | 2015 | 7.418 |
| Date Night | Dave | 2014 | 5.5 |
| Welcome to the Punch | Juka Ogadowa | 2013 | 5.868 |
| Jonah | Mbwana | 2013 | 5.7 |
| Kick-Ass 2 | Black Death | 2013 | 6.404 |
| Random | Brother | 2011 | 3.5 |
| Johnny English Reborn | Tucker | 2011 | 6.241 |
| Psychoville Halloween Special | Tealeaf | 2010 | — |
| Baby | Damon | 2010 | 4.0 |
| Chatroom | Mo | 2010 | 5.8 |
| Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead | Barclay | 2009 | 7.491 |
| Cass | Young Cass - age 14 | 2008 | 5.9 |
| Much Ado About a Minor Ting | Shocker | 2007 | 1.0 |
| Shoot the Messenger | Reece | 2006 | 5.4 |
| The Upper World | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1989 |
| From | London, England, UK |