British actor John Boyega is known to viewers for his role as Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. For this role, he was nominated for awards: Saturn, Online Film & Television Association Award, Golden Schmoes Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and also became a laureate of awards: Empire, BAFTA, Screen Nation Awards.
John's creative biography began in 2011, and, despite his still young age, and he turned 27 in 2019, he managed to star in more than twenty films and TV shows.
Among his successful works in cinema, one can name the film “Aliens in the Area”, for the role in which the young actor received several nominations for the British Independent Cinema, the London circle of film critics, “Empire”, and also won the Black Reel Award. Boyega also starred in famous films: Detroit, Pacific Rim 2, Sphere, and television series Law and Order, Hill Dwellers, Major Laser, 24 Hours: Live Another Day. At the end of 2019, viewers will see him in the ninth part of Star Wars.
early years
John was born in March 1992 in England. His family emigrated from Nigeria and settled in one of the districts of London. The boy’s father belonged to the Pentecostal church and preached there, while his mother volunteered and took care of the disabled.
Creativity carried the boy back to school. From the first classes he began to participate in theatrical productions, and he was even invited several times to the local children's theater, where he also performed on stage. It was then that the boy had a dream, to become a famous actor.
Parents supported John in his passion for theater and sent him to study at the theater school. Having received a secondary education, the young man went to college, where he studied theater skills.
After graduating from college, John was accepted into the theater troupe of the National Theater, where he successfully demonstrated his acting capabilities and played in many productions. One of its main roles was the Shakespearean character Othello in the eponymous tragedy of the great writer. Prior to his cinematic career, John also worked at the Packham Theater for a long time.
Film career
Boyega received his first roles on television. Back in his student years, he first got on the set of the series "Become Human" and "Law and Order", where John got episodic roles. He was also involved in the film "Brick", but after editing all the episodes with his participation did not appear on the screen.
In 2011, the fantastic film "Aliens in the Area" was released, where Boyega played the main role. He got a character named Moses - the leader of one of the teenage groups. The film was a great success at the box office, and John for the performance of his role received the Black Reel Awards, which is awarded to the best black cinema actor.
Over the next few years, the actor starred in television series and feature films, including: “Dregs, ” “My Murder, ” “Whale, ” “Half the Yellow Sun, ” “Imperial Dreams.”
John also took up the scoring of one of the characters in the serial series Major Laser.
In 2015, John won the role of Finn in the seventh and eighth parts of one of the most famous science fiction films about intergalactic battles: Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
