Daniel Kaluuya
| Daniel Kaluuya | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 May 1989 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, comedian |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Daniel Kaluuya (born 8 May 1989) is an English actor, comedian and writer, who is best known for playing Posh Kenneth in the E4 teen-drama Skins and Bing in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits". He also appeared in the BBC dark comedy series Psychoville playing Michael Fry (a.k.a. Tealeaf) and Mac in the BBC Three's horror drama The Fades. In 2011, Kaluuya starred as Agent Tucker in the film Johnny English Reborn, alongside Rowan Atkinson, and in 2013, he appeared in the film Kick-Ass 2.
Life and career
The son of immigrants from Uganda, Kaluuya attended St Aloysius College, London. His early roles included Reece in the BBC's controversial drama Shoot the Messenger.
Kaluuya then joined the original cast of Skins as Posh Kenneth and was a contributor on the first two series, as well as being a staff writer, and the head writer of the second series episode "Jal" and third series episode "Thomas".[1] He also presented the Skins Podcast (also called Skinscast).
After Skins Kaluuya appeared as a guest star in many established series such as Silent Witness, the Doctor Who special Planet of the Dead and Lewis. He has also appeared in the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look twice and the sketch show Harry and Paul. Kaluuya also voiced a character in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Sneakiepeeks.[2]
In 2009 he became a regular cast member in the ITV comedy FM as amateur DJ–Radio Runner "Ades" and also as Michael "Tea Leaf" Fry in dark BBC comedy Psychoville.
At the end of 2009, the Screen International Magazine picked Kaluuya out in their annual report as a 'UK Star of Tomorrow'.[3]
In 2010 Kaluuya played the lead role in Roy Williams' Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Kaluuya lost 3 stone for the role, becoming a healthy weight, having previously been extremely overweight, and both the play and Kaluuya won rave reviews and he won both the Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
In 2011 Kaluuya was leading man in Daniel Mulloy's Baby, which went on to win the Best Short Film Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival as well as the Best Short Film Award at the British Independent Film Awards. In 2011 Enda Walsh's adaption of his stage play Chatroom was also released with Kaluuya having a main role. He later appeared in the Johnny English sequel, Johnny English Reborn, as Agent Tucker. He also played the role of Mac Armstrong in BBC3's supernatural drama The Fades (TV series).
Kaluuya played one of the lead characters 'Bing' in "Fifteen Million Merits", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2015 Kaluuya portrayed FBI agent Reggie Wayne in Sicario.
In 2016, Kaluuya was cast in the 2018 Marvel Studios movie Black Panther.[4]
Other work
Internet parody songs
On 14 July 2009, Daniel and close friend Jason Lewis (who is also an actor/writer), released a video of themselves performing their parody of Boy Better Know's "Too Many Man". The song is titled "Too Many Weave".[5] The video was in YouTube's Most Viewed for 14, 15 and 16 July that year.
They are currently working on more parody songs, including "Can I Plant the Trees" and "Put the Tip In".
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Reece | BBC |
| The Whistleblowers | School Bully | Episode: "No Child Left Behind" | |
| 2007 | Much Ado About a Minor Ting | Shocker | |
| Comedy: Shuffle | Dean | Episode: "Brendon Burns" | |
| 2007–2009 | Skins | Posh Kenneth/DJ | Series 1 and 2 |
| 2008 | That Mitchell and Webb Look | Dancing Speedo Kid | Episode: "Series 2 Episode 2" |
| Delta Forever | Roger | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Cass | Young Cass | ||
| Silent Witness | Errol Harris | Episode: "Safe: Part 1" | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who | Barclay | Episode: "Planet of the Dead" |
| Lewis | Declan | Episode: "Counter Culture Blues" | |
| That Mitchell and Webb Look | School pupil | Episode: "Series 3 Episode 5" | |
| The Philanthropist | Episode: "Nigeria (Part 2)" | ||
| Down the Line[6] | TBA | ||
| 2009–2011 | Psychoville | Michael Fry (a.k.a. Tealeaf) | Starring Role |
| 2010 | Chatroom | Mo | Starring Role |
| Baby[7] | Damon | Pre-Production | |
| Happy Finish (Comedy Lab)[8] | Various Characters | Pilot | |
| 2010–present | Harry and Paul | Parking Pataweyo | Re-occurring sketch |
| 2011 | Micah (Coming Up)[9] | Micah | Starring Role |
| The Fades | Mac | Starring Role | |
| Johnny English Reborn | Special Agent Tucker | Starring Role | |
| Black Mirror | Bing | Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits" | |
| 2012 | Beginning | Stanley | Short |
| 2013 | Jonah | Mbwana | Short |
| Welcome to the Punch | Juka | ||
| Kick-Ass 2 | Black Death | ||
| 2014 | Babylon | Matt Coward | Series 1 |
| 2015 | Sicario | Reggie Wayne | |
| 2017 | Get Out | Chris | Filming |
| 2018 | Black Panther | W'Kabi | Pre-production |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall[10] | Christopher | |
| 2010 | Sucker Punch by Roy Williams[11] | Leon Davidson | Winner of Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer |
| 2008 | Oxford Street by Levi David Addai[12] | Boy 1 | Nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre as part of the ensemble cast of Oxford Street |
As writer
| Year | Title | Episode Written | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Skins | Staff Writer | |
| 2008 | Skins | "Jal" | Staff Writer |
| 2009 | Skins | "Thomas" | Staff Writer |
References
- ↑ "Teen writers show their 'Skins'". 11 February 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Sneakiepeeks - Radio 4 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Daniel Kaluuya". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.empireonline.com/people/forest-whitaker/forest-whitaker-daniel-kaluuya-florence-kasumba-join-black-panther/
- ↑ iamjasonlewis (14 July 2009). "Too Many Weave (Official Comedy Anthem)". Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Holmwood, Leigh (2 April 2009). "Radio 4 spoof phone-in featuring Fast Show duo to move to BBC2". Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Baby (2010) Movie Review from Eye for Film". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Happy Finish - C4 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Coming Up - Episode Guide - All 4". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/blue-orange-4
- ↑ "Sucker-Punch - Royal Court". Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Royalcourttheatre.com