Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and screenwriter of Ugandan origin, born in London on 24 February 1989. He made his name in the international arena with the 2017 thriller film Kapan and received great acclaim for this role.

Born in London, Kaluuya grew up in a Ugandan family and completed his education at St Aloysius College. Today, he lives in the West End of London with his girlfriend.

Kaluuya, who started his acting career with improvisational theater at a young age, soon worked as both an actor and screenwriter in the youth TV series Skins. Then, he attracted attention with his performance in episode Fifteen Million Credits of the series Black Mirror, and his work in BBC productions such as Psychoville and Dead.

In 2011, he starred opposite Rowan Atkinson in The Return of Johnny English, while in 2013 he played the character Black Death in the movie Kick-Ass 2. In 2015, he starred with Emily Blunt in the movie Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve. In 2018, he reached a wide audience by portraying the character W'Kabi in Marvel's Black Panther.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 68 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
• The Daily Show (1996)
• Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
• The Graham Norton Show (2007)
• The Sherri Shepherd Show (2022) — Self - Guest
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
• Black Mirror (2011) — Bingham 'Bing' Madsen
• Tamron Hall (2019) — Self - Guest
• Silent Witness (1996) — Errol Harris
• Hot Ones (2015)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2023) — Hobie Brown (voice)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.