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3	Daniel Kaluuya (born 24 February 1989 in London, England) is an English actor, comedian, and writer of Ugandan ancestry.
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5	Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improv theater, and first became recognizable for his role as Posh Kenneth on the [[Creator/ChannelFour E4]] series ''Series/{{Skins}}'', which he starred in (and co-wrote) for two seasons. He gained further attention in additional TV roles, among them his starring appearance in the ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode [[Recap/BlackMirrorFifteenMillionMerits "Fifteen Million Merits"]].
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7	In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in the leading role of Creator/JordanPeele's 2017 horror film ''Film/{{Get Out\|2017}}'', for which he received an MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Best Actor]]. From that point onward, he graduated from primarily British media to mainstream Hollywood projects, among them the 2018 Franchise/{{Marvel\|Cinematic Universe}} superhero film ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}'', [[Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector Steve McQueen]]'s crime drama ''Film/{{Widows}}'', Peele's third film ''Film/{{Nope}}'', and the biopic ''Film/JudasAndTheBlackMessiah''. For his performance in the lattermost film, as Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, he won the UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} and [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].
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10	!! Selected filmography:
11	* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (2007 -- 2009) as Posh Kenneth [[note]]also writer[[/note]]
12	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2009) as Barclay ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead Planet of the Dead]]")
13	* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' (2009) as Declan ("[[Recap/LewisS3E4 Counter Culture Blues]]")
14	* ''Series/{{Psychoville}}'' (2009 -- 2011) as Michael Fry
15	* ''Film/{{Chatroom}}'' (2010) as Mo
16	* ''Series/HarryAndPaul'' (2010 -- 2012) as Parking Pataweyo
17	* ''Series/TheFades'' (2011) as Mac
18	* ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'' (2011) as Special Agent Tucker
19	* ''Series/BlackMirror'' (2011) as Bing [[note]]episode: "Recap/BlackMirrorFifteenMillionMerits"[[/note]]
20	* ''Film/WelcomeToThePunch'' (2013) as Juka
21	* ''Film/KickAss2'' (2013) as Black Death
22	* ''Series/{{Babylon\|2014}}'' (2014) as Matt Coward
23	* ''Film/{{Sicario}}'' (2015) as Reggie Wayne
24	* ''{{Film/Get Out\|2017}}'' (2017) as Chris Washington [[note]]MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actor[[/note]]
25	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2018 -- present) as W'Kabi
26	** ''{{Film/Black Panther\|2018}}'' (2018)
27	* ''Film/{{Widows}}'' (2018) as Jatemme Manning
28	* ''Film/QueenAndSlim'' (2019) as Slim
29	* ''Film/JudasAndTheBlackMessiah'' (2021) as Fred Hampton [[note]]MediaNotes/GoldenGlobe and MediaNotes/AcademyAward winner for Best Supporting Actor[[/note]]
30	* ''Film/{{Nope}}'' (2022) as OJ Haywood
31	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' (2023) as Spider-Punk

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