Years active 2006–present Name Daniel Kaluuya | Role Actor | |
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Born 8 May 1989 (age 34) ( 1989-05-08 ) London, England Occupation Actor, writer, comedian Education St Aloysius College, London Awards Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer Nominations Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre Movies and TV shows Sicario, Johnny English R, Skins, The Fades, Chatroom Similar People Oliver Parker, Denis Villeneuve, Dominic West, William Davies, Jack Thorne | ||
Daniel kaluuya writer actor comedian lyricist
Daniel Kaluuya (born 8 May 1989) is an English actor and writer. Kaluuya is best known for playing Chris Washington in the 2017 horror film Get Out, Posh Kenneth in the E4 teen-drama Skins, and Bing in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".
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- Daniel kaluuya writer actor comedian lyricist
- Daniel kaluuya on cut the chat
- Early life
- Career
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He also appeared as Tealeaf in the BBC dark comedy series Psychoville and Mac in the BBC Three horror drama The Fades. Kaluuya appeared as Agent Tucker in the 2011 film Johnny English Reborn, alongside Rowan Atkinson, and in 2013, he appeared in the film Kick-Ass 2. He will appear in the upcoming Marvel Studios film Black Panther, portraying W'Kabi.
Daniel kaluuya on cut the chat
Early life
Daniel Kaluuya was born in London, the son of Ugandan immigrants. He attended St Aloysius College, London.
Career
Kaluuya's early roles included Reece in the BBC's controversial drama Shoot the Messenger.
Kaluuya then joined the original cast of Skins as Posh Kenneth and was a contributor on the first two series, as well as being a staff writer, and the head writer of the second series episode "Jal" and third series episode "Thomas". He also presented the Skins Podcast (also called Skinscast).
After Skins, Kaluuya appeared as a guest star in many established series such as Silent Witness, the Doctor Who special Planet of the Dead and Lewis. He has also appeared in the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look twice and the sketch show Harry and Paul. Kaluuya also voiced a character in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Sneakiepeeks.
In 2009, he became a regular cast member in the ITV comedy FM as amateur DJ–Radio Runner "Ades" and also as Michael "Tea Leaf" Fry in dark BBC comedy Psychoville.
On 14 July 2009, Kaluuya and close friend Jason Lewis released a video of themselves performing their parody of Boy Better Know's "Too Many Man". The song is titled "Too Many Weave". The video was in YouTube's Most Viewed for 14, 15 and 16 July that year.
At the end of 2009, the Screen International Magazine picked Kaluuya out in their annual report as a UK Star of Tomorrow.
In 2010, Kaluuya played the lead role in Roy Williams' Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Kaluuya lost 3 stone for the role, and both the play and Kaluuya won rave reviews and he won both the Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
In 2011, Kaluuya was leading man in Daniel Mulloy's Baby, which went on to win the Best Short Film Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival as well as the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards. In 2011 Enda Walsh's adaption of his stage play Chatroom was also released with Kaluuya having a main role. He later appeared in the sequel of Johnny English, Johnny English Reborn, as Agent Tucker. He also played the role of Mac Armstrong in BBC3's supernatural drama The Fades.
Kaluuya played one of the lead characters 'Bing' in "Fifteen Million Merits", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In September 2015, Kaluuya portrayed FBI agent Reggie Wayne, in Sicario.
Kaluuya starred in the lead role, Chris Washington, in the horror film Get Out, which was released in theaters on February 24, 2017.
In December 2016, Kaluuya was cast in the Marvel Studios movie Black Panther. The film is due to be released in 2018.