If you too love the Star Wars actor, here are 12 things you should definitely know about the amazing John Boyega! (Photo: WENN)
His full name is John Adedayo Abegoyega. (Photo: WENN)
His dad, Samson Adegboyega, is a pentecostal pastor, which is exactly what he hoped John would become one day. (Photo: WENN)
His first acting gig was a school play where he played a leopard. (Photo: WENN)
John’s first movie was a sci-film called “Attack The Block.” He found the casting call online! (Photo: WENN)
Boyega has been vocal about his first trips to the U.S., where he fell in love… with McDonalds. (Photo: WENN)
Boyega has said he’s honored to have Robert Downey Jr. as a mentor and friend. He often talks to the Iron Man actor and gets advice from him! (Photo: WENN)
When J.J Abrams told him he had gotten the part as Finn, Boyega told him he was at an art gallery, when in reality he was at home. “You don’t want a director thinking that you’ve got all the free time in the world.” (Photo: WENN)
John admitted that during the 2015 Com-Con, he walked amongst the crowd dressed as a stormtrooper. (Photo: WENN)
John Boyega said that he’s been working on his Chewbacca impression for the last 15 years. No wonder why he’s so proud of it! (Photo: WENN)
After playing a tech guru and working alongside Emma Watson in “The Circle”, Boyega said she’s “freakin’ amazing.” Like we didn’t know that already, Johnny! (Photo: WENN)
Not really a fun fact about John, but don’t we all wish he was dating Kelly Marie Tran in real life?! (Photo: WENN)
Happy birthday, John! (Photo: WENN)
It’s been a little over 2 years since the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and ever since, we haven’t stopped fangirling over stormtrooper-turned-rebel Finn. More importantly, we have also become obsessed with the actor underneath the white robot-like suit, John Boyega.
It’s also been 2 years that we’ve been trying to learn every little detail about the career and personal life of our new dream boyfriend and future space husband. As a result, our research has only further fuel our addiction with this English hottie. And we’re totally ok with that.
If you too love the Star Wars actor, here are 12 things you should definitely know about the amazing John Boyega! Celebrate his 26th birthday by flipping through our photo gallery above.