Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya

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.

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Birthday: February 24, 1989

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

An Audience with Adele
An Audience with Adele

2021-11-21

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Welcome to the Punch
Welcome to the Punch

2013-03-15

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023-05-31

Untitled Barney the Dinosaur Film
Untitled Barney the Dinosaur Film

Jonah
Jonah

2013-01-16

Random
Random

2011-08-23

Psychoville Halloween Special
Psychoville Halloween Special

2010-10-31

Sicario
Sicario

2015-09-17

Shoot the Messenger
Shoot the Messenger

2006-04-26

Baby
Baby

2010-06-25

Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition

2017-12-01

Chatroom
Chatroom

2010-08-11

Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
Unveiling the Horror of Get Out

2017-05-23

Get Out
Get Out

2017-02-24

Black Panther
Black Panther

2018-02-13

Cass
Cass

2008-01-08

Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn

2011-09-15

Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass 2

2013-07-17

Widows
Widows

2018-11-06

Robot & Scarecrow
Robot & Scarecrow

2017-06-04

Great Performers: Horror Show
Great Performers: Horror Show

2017-12-07

Queen & Slim
Queen & Slim

2019-11-27

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

2020-12-04

Date Night
Date Night

2014-04-11

Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah

2021-02-12

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead

2009-04-11

The Upper World
The Upper World

Much Ado About a Minor Ting
Much Ado About a Minor Ting

2007-11-23

Two Single Beds
Two Single Beds

2020-10-07

Nope
Nope

2022-07-20

Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance

2021-03-25

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie

2023-05-09