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| − | Boyega's first film role was as the lead, Moses, in British horror comedy ''Attack the Block'' (2011). 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''. |
+ | 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]].<ref name="Cast" /> He has also been involved in ''[[Star Wars: Forces of Destiny]]'' as well as several ''Star Wars'' video games; After making a [[Wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] post criticizing ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'''s lack of a story campaign,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/03/04/john-boyega-asks-ea-for-a-star-wars-battlefront-story-campaign/|title=John Boyega Asks EA For A 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Story Campaign|work=Forbes|publisher=forbes.com|last=Tassi|first=Paul|date=March 4, 2016|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref> Boyega hosted a trailer for ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNGWh_-R1VE|title=This is Star Wars Battlefront 2|work=EA Star Wars|publisher=[[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]]|date=September 26, 2017|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref> |
His involvement in the [[sequel trilogy]] was first announced on [[April 29]], [[2014]].<ref name="Cast" /> He has also been involved in ''[[Star Wars: Forces of Destiny]]'' as well as several ''Star Wars'' video games; After making a [[Wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] post criticizing ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'''s lack of a story campaign,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/03/04/john-boyega-asks-ea-for-a-star-wars-battlefront-story-campaign/|title=John Boyega Asks EA For A 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Story Campaign|work=Forbes|publisher=forbes.com|last=Tassi|first=Paul|date=March 4, 2016|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref> Boyega hosted a trailer for ''[[Star Wars Battlefront II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNGWh_-R1VE|title=This is Star Wars Battlefront 2|work=EA Star Wars|publisher=[[Wikipedia:YouTube|YouTube]]|date=September 26, 2017|accessdate=September 26, 2017}}</ref> |
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John Boyega (born March 17, 1992) is a British actor who stars as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Biography
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]
Work in Star Wars
Bibliography
Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Announced on StarWars.com (backup link (news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html) not verified!)- Star Wars: Episode VII Adds Academy Award Winner Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones' Gwendoline Christie on StarWars.com (backup link (star-wars-episode-vii-adds-academy-award-winner-lupita-nyongo-and-game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie.html) not verified!)
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 150
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 154
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 155
- "Bantha Tracks" — Star Wars Insider 160
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Character Posters Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "John Boyega Is Finn" — Star Wars Insider 162
- Star Wars: Episode VIII Now Filming on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Training Featurette on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
John Boyega at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Announced on StarWars.com (backup link (news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html) not verified!)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IX Cast Announced on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ John Boyega Asks EA For A 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Story Campaign, published by forbes.com on Forbes (March 4, 2016) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ This is Star Wars Battlefront 2, published by YouTube on EA Star Wars (September 26, 2017) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ Star Wars and Saturday Night Live's Long History in 16 Sketches, published by vulture.com on www.vulture.com (January 21, 2016) (backup link not verified!)
External links
- John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) on Twitter
- John Boyega on Wikipedia
- John Boyega at the Internet Movie Database
