Daniel Kaluuya

Who is Daniel Kaluuya?

Daniel Kaluuya who is British actor and former writer was born on 24 February 1989. He began his acting career as a teenager in improvisational theater. He was particularly praised for his leading performance in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theater in London. In 2018, he received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. At age 32, he became the seventh youngest Best Supporting Actor winner and first British actor of African heritage to win Academy Actors.

Daniel Kaluuya: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity

He was born in London to Ugandan parents. He was raised by his mother on a council estate in Camden Town, along with an older sister. His father lived in Balaka and they had no contact until he was 15.

Education: School/College, University

He studied from Torriano Primary School the he attended St Aloysius College in Highgate and also Camden School for Girls sixth form. When he was nine he wrote a play and beganto take classes in acting at Anna Scher theater.

Daniel Kaluuya: Professional Life, Career

He started his career at age of nine through improvisational theater. He became regular cast in ITV comedy FM in 2009. He played lead role in Sucker Punch at royal court theater in London in 2010 and won both Evening standard award and Critics circle theater awards for newcomers. He appeared in shorts films between 2011 and 2013 premiered at Sundance Film festival and won best short film award. He appeared in Johnny English 2003 and Johnny English reborn as Agent Tucker. He then appeared in superhero film Kick ass 2 in 2013. He received BAFTA Award, Critics choice award, Golden globe Award and SAG award for his performance in GET OUT. He was cast in Black Panther in December 2016. He also has large role in Widows(2018) and starred in Queen & Slim (2019) opposite to Jodie turner smith. He starred as revolutionary socialist Fred Hampton in biographical drama, Judas and the Black Messiah where his performance received many supporting actor in many award academy in 2021.

Daniel Kaluuya: Net Worth, Salary

His net worth roughly calculated as $15 million. Through budget $4.5 million in get out the film grossing hit $255.4 million and he earned dozen awards. He played in Black Panther where the movie hit box office with $1.248 billion.

Body Measurement: Eye, Hair, Height, Weight

He has black hair and dark brown eyes. He is 176 cm or 5fft 9in tall. He has gain 75kg or 165lbs weight.

Rumors and Controversies

Every time he speaks to people he was asked about his race and has racial problems so he is bored to talk about race in work. He didn’t received roles due to his skin color in London. Despite playing leading role, he didn’t get invited to ‘get Out’ premiere. He even told Norton that he could attend premiere but they didn’t invite him and he told he really want do it. As he won award for his performance in Get Out- he doesn’t hold feeling for film’s director and writer. He is supporter of Arsenal F.C. refers to Arsenal’s north London rivals.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

He has 492k followers in Instagram. He has got 2k followers in his twitter fan page.