John Boyega

John Boyega (born March 17, 1992) is a British actor who stars as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

BiographyEdit

Boyega's first film role was as the lead, Moses, in British horror comedy Attack the Block (2011), directed by Joe Cornish. That year he also filmed a pilot for the boxing drama Da Brick, which was not picked up for a series, and appeared in four episodes of the webseries Becoming Human. In 2013, he had a supporting role in the Nigerian film Half of a Yellow Sun, as well as the BBC TV movie The Whale, dramatizing the 1820 sinking of the Essex. He starred in the crime drama Imperial Dreams, which was screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and appeared that year in 24: Live Another Day.

His involvement in the sequel trilogy was first announced on April 29, 2014.^[2] He has also been involved in Star Wars: Forces of Destiny as well as several Star Wars video games; After making a Twitter post criticizing Star Wars Battlefront's lack of a story campaign,^[4] Boyega hosted a trailer for Star Wars Battlefront II.^[5]

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Work in Star WarsEdit

Title	Role	Release date
Disney Infinity 3.0	Finn	2015
Saturday Night Live (November 21, 2015 episode)^[6]	Himself
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue	Finn
Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens		2016
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – "Tracker Trouble"		2017
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – "Shuttle Shock"		2018
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – "Perilous Pursuit"		2018
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge—Rise of the Resistance		2019
Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker		2019