Gender: Male

Birthday: 17 March 1992 (32 years old)

Birthplace: Peckham, London, England, UK

Popularity: 13.40

John Boyega (born 17 March 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Boyega was born in Peckham, London, to Nigerian parents. His first role was that of a leopard in a play at his primary school at the age of five. He attended Westminster City School as a teenager. He later took part in various school productions and attended classes at Theatre Peckham. He was a performing arts student at South Thames College in Wandsworth and was active in theatre productions there, including the lead in Othello in 2010.