John Boyega
Film

John Boyega

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes

2011	Attack the Block	Moses	Joe Cornish	Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer Nominated – Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Nominated – Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year

Junkhearts	Jamal	Tinge Krishnan

2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Ugwu	Biyi Bandele

2014	Imperial Dreams	Bambi	Malik Vitthal

2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	FN-2187 / Finn	J. J. Abrams	BAFTA Rising Star Award Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Nominated – Georgia Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble Nominated – Golden Schmoes Award for Breakthrough Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Action Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Ensemble Nominated – Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor

2017	The Circle	Ty	James Ponsoldt

Detroit	Melvin Dismukes	Kathryn Bigelow

Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Finn	Rian Johnson	Nominated — Empire Award for Best Actor Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Sci-Fi/Fantasy

2018	Pacific Rim: Uprising	Jake Pentecost	Steven S. DeKnight	Also producer

2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Finn	J.J. Abrams	Post-production

2020	Naked Singularity	Chase Palmer	Filming

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Boyega played Moses in the 2011 film Attack the Block.

final_sentence: Boyega played Moses in the 2011 film Attack the Block.