Daniel Kaluuya

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 20072009 he also cowrote 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 20092011 The Fades 2011 and the Black Mirror episode Fifteen Million Merits 2011 He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn 2011 KickAss 2 2013 and Sicario 2015 In 2017 Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peeles horror film Get Out which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor This was followed by roles in Ryan Cooglers superhero film Black Panther 2018 Steve McQueens crime drama Widows 2018 Peeles horror film Nope 2022 and Sony Pictures Animations animated superhero film SpiderMan Across the SpiderVerse 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 codirected the drama The Kitchen 2023 Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Kaluuya licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia