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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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