Who is Daniel Kaluuya?
British actor, Daniel Kaluuya is famous for his role as the leading character Chris Washington in the 2017 hit film, "Get Out". He rose to fame worldwide by appearing in Ryan Coogler's blockbuster film "Black Panther" (2018), Steve McQueen's heist film "Widows" (2018), and Melina Matsoukas's romantic road crime film "Queen & Slim" (2019).
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Daniel Kaluuya is also a writer who wrote his first play at the age of nine. He made his theatrical film debut as a young Cass Pennant in the crime drama, "Cass", in the year 2008. He made his first TV show appearance as Posh Kenneth in the Cassie episode of the British teen drama series, "Skins" in the year 2007. Appearing in the 2017 film "Get Out", he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe, SAG Award, and a Critics' Choice Award for his role. As of 2021, he appeared in the biographical drama film "Judas and the Black Messiah" as Fred Hampton for which he received nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, winning the latter award.
Family and Early Life
Daniel Kaluuya took born on 24th February 1989 in London, England whereas his hometown is in a council estate in Kentish Town, London where he experienced his childhood. He holds an English nationality and his ethnic background/ethnicity is African-American. His race is black & he is of Ugandan descent. As of 2021, he celebrated his 32nd birthday and he will next be celebrating his 33rd birthday as of 24th February 2022. Pisces is his Zodiac sign and his religion is Christian.
Daniel Kaluuya was born to her parents; Stephen Kaluuya (father) and Damalie Namusoke (mother). His father was mostly absent from his life as he lived in Uganda and couldn't visit often due to stringent UK visa regulations. Also, he has a sibling; an older sibling.
As per his educational background, Daniel went to attend St Aloysius College, London.
Personal Life - Girlfriend
Daniel Kaluuya is an unmarried man. Currently, he is dating British actress Amandla Crichlow. Their relationship became public when he brought her as his date partner at the SAG Awards in the year 2018. They are enjoying their life a lot and the lovebirds are planning to get married soon. His sexual orientation is straight.
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Daniel is currently residing in West London. He is an ardent supporter of Arsenal F.C., to the extent of referring to Arsenal's North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., as the "team who must not be named" and the "Voldemort of the League".
Filmography
- 2006 - "Shoot the Messenger"
- 2008 - "Cass"
- 2010 - "Chatroom" & "Baby"
- 2011 - "Johnny English Reborn"
- 2013 - "Welcome to the Punch" & "Kick-Ass 2"
- 2015 - "Sicario"
- 2017 - "Get Out"
- 2018 - "Black Panther" & "Widows"
- 2019 - "Queen & Slim"
- 2020 - "A Christmas Carol"
- 2021 - "Judas and the Black Messiah"
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Television Shows
- 2007 - "The Whistleblowers" & "Comedy: Shuffle"
- 2007-2009 - "Skins"
- 2008 - "Delta Forever" & "Silent Witness"
- 2008–2009 - "That Mitchell and Webb Look"
- 2009 - "Doctor Who", "Lewis", "FM", "The Philanthropist" & "10 Minute Tales"
- 2009-2011 - "Psychoville"
- 2010 - "Comedy Lab"
- 2010-2012 - "Harry and Paul"
- 2011 - "Coming Up", "The Fades", "Black Mirror" & "Random"
- 2014 - "Babylon"
- 2018 - "Watership Down"
Short Film
- 2007 - "Much Ado About a Minor Ting"
- 2010 - "Baby"
- 2012 - "Beginning"
- 2013 - "Jonah"
Awards and Achievements
- African American Film Critics Association, British Academy Film Awards, Black Reel Awards, Boston Society of Film Critics, MTV Movie & TV Awards, Seattle Film Critics Society for "Get Out"
- Evening Standard Theatre Awards, NAACP Image Awards for "Sucker Punch"
- Golden Globe Awards, National Board of Review for "Judas and the Black Messiah"
- Screen Actors Guild Awards for "Black Panther"
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Net Worth & Salary
Famous actor as well as actor, Daniel Kaluuya has a net worth of $15 Million as of March 2021. Whereas his exact salary has not been disclosed yet by any sources yet neither by himself. He must be surely making the annual income in millions. Appearing in the 2018 film "Black Panther", the movie earned over $1 billion worldwide. His major source of wealth comes from his acting career and he is living a luxurious lifestyle from his career work.
Height & Weight
Muscular bodybuilder, Daniel Kaluuya stands at the perfect height of 5 ft 8½ in or 174 cm and his balanced body weight is 76 KG or 167.5 lbs. He has a pair of dark brown eye color and hair color is also the same i.e. dark brown. He has a deep voice.
