Daniel Kaluuya on screen and stage

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor known for his performances on stage and screen as well as for his work as director, writer, and producer on the latter. Kaluuya began his career as a teenager in improvisational theatre, playing Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009), in which he also co-wrote some episodes.[1] 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).[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5] He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023).

Film

Key
† Denotes productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Shoot the Messenger Reece First Credit
2008 Cass Young Cass Pennant
2010 Baby Damon Short film[6]
Chatroom Mo
2011 Johnny English Reborn Agent Colin Tucker
2013 Welcome to the Punch Juka Ogadowa
Kick-Ass 2 Black Death
2015 Sicario Reggie Wayne
2017 Get Out Chris Washington
2018 Black Panther W'Kabi
Widows Jatemme Manning
2019 Queen & Slim Ernest "Slim" Hines Also executive producer
2020 A Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Two Single Beds Jay Short film[7]
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah Fred Hampton Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. N/a Producer
Nope Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr.
2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Hobart "Hobie" Brown / Spider-Punk (voice)
The Kitchen N/a Co-director, co-writer, and producer
2027 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse † Hobart "Hobie" Brown / Spider-Punk (voice) In production
TBA Misty Green † TBA Filming[8]
TBA Barney † TBA

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Whistleblowers School Bully Episode: "No Child Left Behind"
Comedy: Shuffle Dean Episode: "Brendon Burns"
2007–2009 Skins Posh Kenneth 11 episodes; Also contributing writer and head writer for 2 episodes
2008 Delta Forever Roger Episode: "Pilot"
Silent Witness Errol Harris 2 episodes
2008–2009 That Mitchell and Webb Look Various
2009 Doctor Who Barclay Episode: "Planet of the Dead"
Lewis Declan Episode: "Counter Culture Blues"
FM Ades 4 episodes
The Philanthropist Episode: "Nigeria Part II"
10 Minute Tales Soldier #2 Episode: "The Three Kings"
2009–2011 Psychoville Michael "Tealeaf" Fry 12 episodes
2010 Comedy Lab[9] Various Episode: "Happy Finish"
2010–2012 Harry & Paul Parking Pataweyo 5 episodes
2011 Coming Up[10] Micah Episode: "Micah"
The Fades Michael "Mac" Armstrong 6 episodes
Black Mirror Bingham "Bing" Madsen Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits"
Random Brother Television film
2014 Babylon Matt Coward 7 episodes
2018 Watership Down Bluebell (voice) Miniseries
2021 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Daniel Kaluuya/St. Vincent"
2022 All or Nothing: Arsenal Narrator Docuseries

Theatre

Year Title Role Location Notes
2008–2009 Oxford Street Royal Court Theatre, London [11][12]
2010 Sucker Punch Leon
2013 Trelawny of the "Wells" Tom Wrench Donmar Warehouse, London
A Season in the Congo Joseph Mobutu Young Vic, London
2016 Blue/Orange Christopher

See also

References

  1. ^ "HERITAGE: Daniel Kaluuya Takes Us Through The Writing Stages He Took In The Cult Classic Skins Series (2008)". trenchtrenchtrench.com. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  2. ^ Kaluuya, Daniel (24 February 2017). "Daniel Kaluuya's Journey from the Streets of London to Hollywood". VICE. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya on 'Get Out': 'I was like, are you allowed to make films like this?'". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ Barrie, Thomas (26 April 2021). "How Daniel Kaluuya saved the Oscars". British GQ. Condé Nast.
  5. ^ "Daniel Kaluuya becomes first Black british actor to win Academy Award". Channel 4. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Baby (2010) Movie Review". Eye for Film. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  7. ^ Smith, William Stefan (7 October 2020), Two Single Beds, Daniel Kaluuya, Seraphina Beh-Moore, Christopher York, 59%, Turnover Films, retrieved 29 January 2026
  8. ^ Grobar, Matt (28 July 2025). "Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya & Anna Kendrick Join Chris Rock In His Debut Feature For A24". Deadline. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Happy Finish - C4 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Coming Up - Episode Guide". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  11. ^ "DANIEL KALUUYA". Royal Court. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Daniel Kaluuya: 'I'm not a spokesman. No one's expected to speak for all white people'". The Guardian. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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