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).