Daniel Kaluuya (/kəˈluːjə/; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the w ... orld by Time magazine. Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. He went on to gain attention for his television roles in Psychoville (2009–2011), The Fades (2011), and the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits" (2011). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015). In 2017, Kaluuya had his breakthrough starring in Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out, which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. This was followed by roles in Ryan Coogler's superhero film Black Panther (2018), Steve McQueen's crime drama Widows (2018), Peele's horror film Nope (2022), and Sony Pictures Animation's animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). For his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in the biopic Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), he won the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Kaluuya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Judas and the Black Messiah | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Unveiling the Horror of Get Out | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Judas and the Black Messiah | Nominated |
Psychoville
as Tealeaf / Michael Fry
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jun 18, 2009
Coming Up
as Micah
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Aug 20, 2003
The Fades
as Mac Armstrong
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 21, 2011
Babylon
as Matt Coward
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 13, 2014
Skins
as Posh Kenneth
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 25, 2007
Watership Down
as Bluebell (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 22, 2018
Doctor Who
as Barclay
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 2005
Black Mirror
as Bingham 'Bing' Madsen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 04, 2011
Silent Witness
as Errol Harris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 21, 1996
All or Nothing: Arsenal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Aug 04, 2022
FM
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 25, 2009
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Cities: Nature's New Wild
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 30, 2018
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
Hot Ones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 2015
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2022
The Shop
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 28, 2018
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 2014
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