10 Great TV Show Performances (No One Ever Talks About)
4. Daniel Kaluuya - Black Mirror
Going on to become a thoroughly mind-bending hit that just about every actor worth their salt is champing at the bit to appear in at some point down the road, the earlier stages of Black Mirror gave us a brief glimpse into what the future would or could hold for not just the unsuspecting, tech-obsessed human race, but a rising British star.
In Daniel Kaluuya's turn as Bingham 'Bing' Madsen in Fifteen Million Merits we see the eventual Black Panther and Get Out artist really grow into a serious on-screen presence, entrancing those watching on with his nuanced exploration of what a person is willing to do to break free from a system he is tired of being trapped and manipulated by.
With many being quick to point to Kaluuya's charming work as Posh Kenneth during his run on Skins or even his award-winning theatre work as part of Roy Williams' Sucker Punch as the roles that put him on the map, the fact that Jordan Peele has even gone on record to admit that it was Kaluuya's Black Mirror tour-de-force showing that earned him his starring part in Get Out only hammers home how important a milestone this often forgotten Black Mirror entry was for the now-Oscar-winner's career.