Daniel Adegboyega
Actor · Born July 21, 1979 (47) · Lagos, Nigeria
Daniel trained at the renowned Central School of speech and Drama. He worked steadily for years rotating between stage and screen until his breakout role as Rodrigo in the action packed film The Last Knights (starring Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen). He also worked as a personal trainer and is highly proficient in Stage Combat, Boxing, Martial Arts and Weapons Training, including Firearms.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 21, 1979 (47)
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Daniel Adegboyega's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Vince in Big Boys Don't Cry (2020)
- Tricksteras Pierre Martineau in Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale (2024)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Daniel Adegboyega's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (8).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Adegboyega's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
Number One Fan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Restoration at Grayson Manor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Big Boys Don't Cry(2020)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Tower(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Grace(2021)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Tom & Jerry(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
6 Underground(2019)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Baghdad in My Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Avengement(2019)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Sex Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Doctor Who: Resolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Nightflyers(2018)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Save Me(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Last Knights(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Gunman(2015)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Man Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Father Brown(2013)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Skyfall(2012)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Episodes(2011)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Broken Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Torchwood(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
MI-5(2002)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Afterburn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 2002 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
The Gunman (2015)
Highest rated
Big Boys Don't Cry (2020)
Most popular right now
The Gunman (2015)
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2015Screen debut· The Gunman
- 2019Career best· 6 Underground
- 2021Career best· The Tower
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Daniel Adegboyega's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.