Monday
Apr092018
Afternoon Break with Baby Daniel Kaluuya
Monday, April 9, 2018 at 12:45PM A friend sent me the link to this video. I have no idea what it is. It looks like some sort of British short comedy series - there are several episodes. Maybe it was part of a sketch show?Whatever it is, it's delightful if only for showing us a young Daniel Kaluuya. We already knew he gave good face, and apparently he always did!
If anyone knows anything about this series, tell us in the comments. Otherwise tell us what else have you seen Kaluuya in, prior to Get Out and Black Panther, that other people should check out.
tagged Daniel Kaluuya, London, comedy
Daniel Kaluuya, London, comedy
Reader Comments (4)
Daniel Kaluuya was terrific in The Fades, a before-its-time British TV show written by Jack Thorne. That show also starred some other up and coming folks like Natalie Dormer, Tom Ellis, Sophie Wu, and Iain De Caestecker.
Now streaming on Hulu.
I heartily recommend to anyone who wants to see more of earlier Kaluuya to look out for the TV series 'Psychoville'. It aired from 2009 to 2011, it is incredibly funny, very dark, no-holds-barred, at times quite problematic, highly uneven, very funny, really dark, and in case I forgot to mention it: brutally funny. He plays Tealeaf, a deadpan community service helper to a blind millionaire obsessed with collecting plush toys, and as he is almost by default the most normal (and thus most relatable) character in the series (the only other main character who comes close to his level of sanity is psychic dwarf who used to be a porn star), he became a fan favorite. No matter what the future will bring for Kaluuya, he will always be Tealeaf for me, to the point that I want to shout out "Tealeaf!" whenever I see him.
(By the way, the first season of Psychoville is better than the second, but the second season adds Imelda Staunton to its cast, and she has huge fun with her character. The series is quite an acquired taste, though, pretty much a love-it-or-hate-it-thing. It comes from one half of the creators of 'The League of Gentlemen', Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who between them play about ten of the series' main characters).
most people have probably seen it, but kaluuya does great work in "fifteen million merits" from black mirror's season one. (jessica brown findlay also puts on a good performance.)
This is from 'Harry & Paul' : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_%26_Paul
It's a cracking sketch show from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse (Corpse Bride, Death of Stalin). They've been making stuff like this for decades!