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Daniel Kaluuya

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Known For

36 Years Old

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

London, England, UK on 24th February 1989

All Credits

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Sherri
Self - Guest
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Graham Norton Show
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
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Black Mirror
Bingham 'Bing' Madsen
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Skins
DJ
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Skins
Posh Kenneth
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Silent Witness
Errol Harris
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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Chicken Shop Date
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Tamron Hall
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
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Hot Ones
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The Oscars
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Hobie Brown (voice)
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Watership Down
Bluebell (voice)
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Number One on the Call Sheet
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Babylon
Matt Coward
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Psychoville
Tealeaf / Michael Fry
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Black Panther
W'Kabi
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Get Out
Chris Washington
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The Fades
Mac Armstrong
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Coming Up
Micah
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Sicario
Reggie Wayne
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The Shop
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Nope
OJ Haywood
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All or Nothing: Arsenal
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Cities: Nature's New Wild
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Hobie Brown (voice)
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Johnny English Reborn
Tucker
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Kick-Ass 2
Black Death
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Judas and the Black Messiah
Fred Hampton
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Widows
Jatemme Manning
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Welcome to the Punch
Juka Ogadowa
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Queen & Slim
Slim
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Chatroom
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FM
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An Audience with Adele
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Cass
Young Cass - age 14
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A Christmas Carol
The Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Barclay
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Great Performers: Horror Show
The Psycho Killer
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
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Jonah
Mbwana
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Unveiling the Horror of Get Out
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Robot & Scarecrow
The Man (voice)
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Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
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Psychoville Halloween Special
Tealeaf
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Shoot the Messenger
Reece
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Baby
Damon
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Date Night
Dave
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The Upper World
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Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
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Two Single Beds
Jay
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Brother
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Much Ado About a Minor Ting
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