- Born
- Height1.74 m
- Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).
He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).
He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".
For his work in Get Out he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Kaluuya also had minor roles in Johnny English Reborn (2011) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013).
His film debut was Shoot the Messenger (2006).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges / Sam Maclean
- ParentsDamalie NamusokeStephen Kaluuya
- Kaluuya was given the lead role in Trốn Thoát (2017) on the spot after nailing his audition. Writer/director Jordan Peele said Kaluuya did about five takes of a key scene, in which his character needs to cry, and each was so perfect that the single tear came down at the exact same time for each take. Peele told him he had the role right then, but Kaluuya later joked that since he was wary of people in Hollywood, he didn't quite believe it yet.
- While still at school he was recruited as a contributor writer and actor for the critically acclaimed UK teen drama series Thể Xác (2007). Before long, and while still in his teens, he was writing full hour-long episodes for the show, making him one of the youngest people ever to write an episode of primetime drama.
- As of 2021, he has been in 3 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: Trốn Thoát (2017), Chiến Binh Báo Đen (2018), and Băng Đảng Báo Đen (2021).
- At age 32, he's the youngest black actor to have received two Oscar nominations.
- When he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Băng Đảng Báo Đen (2021), he became the first black British actor to win the Oscar (Los Angeles / 25 April 2021).
- When work ends, I'd rather just be seen as Daniel - normal.
- If I was at school and one of my friends said something funny, I'd write it down in a notebook and take it to the writers meetings. I never told my friends about it. I just thought I could incorporate stuff that was true to life.
- Racism is like a horror movie. Black kids die because of racism. I don't know what's more horrifying than that.
- Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.
- I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'
- Không (2022) - $4,000,000
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