Age: 37
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Daniel Kaluuya (/kəˈluːjə/; born 24 February 1989) is a British actor and filmmaker. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Kaluuya began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theatre. He played Posh Kenneth in the first two seasons of the television series Skins (2007–2009); he also co-wrote some of the episodes. Kaluuya drew praise for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. 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). He also had supporting roles in the films Johnny English Reborn (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), and Sicario (2015). 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. 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. He has since co-directed the drama The Kitchen (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Kaluuya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In 1968, African American Lincoln Clay returns to New Bordeaux after serving a military tour of duty during the Vietnam War. Returning to his old neighbourhood where he grew up as an orphan, Lincoln reunites with his old friends, including his surrogate father Sammy Robinson, head of the "Black Mob", his adopted brother Ellis, and local priest Father James. Although intending to head on west to California, Lincoln decides to stay behind and help Sammy after discovering he is having trouble from the Haitian Mob. Despite eliminating its leader, Lincoln learns that the Haitians' interference have left Sammy in debt to mob boss Sal Marcano. To clear the debt, Lincoln agrees to assist Marcano and his son Giorgi in pulling off a heist at the city's Federal Reserve, working alongside Giorgi, Ellis, and Irish mobster Danny Burke. Although the plan succeeds despite complications, Marcano and Giorgi betray the Black Mob, murdering Sammy, Ellis and Danny, and leaving Lincoln for dead.
