Celebrated British actor Daniel Kaluuya was born on February 24,1989 to parents Damalie Namusoke and Stephen Kaluuya.
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Daniel was born in London and his parents are Ugandan. His mother damalie Namusoke raised him on a council estate in Camden Town, along with an older sister.
However, his father Stephen Kaluuya lived in Balaka and they had no contact until he [Daniel] was 15 years.
Kaluuya attended Torriano Primary School, and St Aloysius’ College, Highgate and he subsequently took A-level History, Drama and Biology at Camden School for Girls mixed semi-comprehensive sixth-form college.
Kaluuya wrote his first play at the age of nine, after which he began performing improvisational theatre.
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He began acting as a child at his local Anna Scher Theatre School and WAC Arts and appeared in his first credited acting role in 2006 as Reece in the BBC’s controversial drama Shoot the Messenger.
Kaluuya then joined the original cast of Skins as Posh Kenneth; he was also a contributing writer on the first two seasons of the series, as well as the head writer of the episodes titled “Jal” and “Thomas”.
In 2009, Kaluuya became a regular cast member in the ITV comedy FM. At the end of 2009, the Screen International Magazine picked Kaluuya out in their annual report as a UK Star of Tomorrow.
In 2010, Kaluuya played the lead role in Roy Williams’ Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Theatre in London, after which he won rave reviews for his performance leading to both the Evening Standard Award and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
From 2009 to 2011, he portrayed Michael “Tea Leaf” Fry in the dark BBC comedy Psychoville.
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