Daniel Kaluuya gained international recognition for his lead role as Chris Washington in Jordan Peele’s 2017 smash hit Get Out. His performance earned him best actor nominations from the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild, British Academy Film Awards, Gotham Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards. Kaluuya took home the Best Actor award at the NAACP Image Awards, the Next Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, as well as the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs.

Up next, Kaluuya will star in Queen & Slim, about a couple whose lives take an unexpected turn when an encounter with a police officer goes awry. He is currently in production in the lead role on the upcoming drama, Jesus Was My Homeboy, which follows the life story of Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton. 

In February 2018, Kaluuya joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Ryan Coogler’s Oscar-nominated Black Panther. This culturally significant installment of the Marvel Comics Universe grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide. Additional film credits include Widows,  Johnny English Reborn, Welcome to the Punch, Kick-Ass 2, and Sicario.

Kaluuya is also well-known for his British television roles in Skins and Black Mirror, and his stage work, winning the Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle theater awards for his role in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre, and an Olivier Award nomination for Levi David Addai’s Oxford Street.

This year, Kaluuya launched his production company, 59%, and entered an exclusive first-look deal with Paramount Players, a film studio division of Paramount Pictures.