Daniel Kaluuya

Actor
Writer
Producer

Daniel Kaluuya, known for his performances in "Black Mirror," 'Get Out,' 'Black Panther,' and 'Queen & Slim,' won a 2021 Golden Globe Award for his performance in the biographical drama 'Judas and the Black Messiah.' "No Small Parts" takes a look at his rise to fame.

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The Rise of Oscar Winner Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya is an English 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).

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Won 1 Oscar
- 47 wins & 93 nominations total

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Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, and Brandon Perea in Nope (2022)

Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya in Nope (2022)

Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in Queen & Slim (2019)

Known for:

Get Out

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Chris Washington

2017

Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther

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W'Kabi

2018

Judas and the Black Messiah

7.4

Fred Hampton

2021

Nope

6.8

OJ Haywood

2022

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Actor

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Hobie Brown (voice)
- 2023
Oliver Twist
- Bill Sikes
- Podcast Series
- 2022
Nope
- OJ Haywood
- 2022
Judas and the Black Messiah
- Fred Hampton
- 2021
A Christmas Carol
- Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
- 2020
Two Single Beds
- Jay
- Short
- 2020
Queen & Slim
- Slim
- 2019
Watership Down
- Bluebell (voice)
- TV Mini Series
- 2018
Widows
- Jatemme Manning
- 2018
Black Panther
- W'Kabi
- 2018
Great Performers: Horror Show
- The Psycho Killer
- Video
- 2017
Robot & Scarecrow
- The Man
- Short
- 2017
Get Out
- Chris Washington
- 2017
Sicario
- Reggie Wayne
- 2015
Babylon
- Matt Coward
- TV Mini Series
- 2014

Writer

Trivia
Kaluuya was given the lead role in Get Out (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.