Kelvin Harrison Jr.

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Kelvin Harrison Jr.
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Harrison Jr. at the 34th Independent Spirit Awards
Born (1994-07-23) July 23, 1994 (age 29)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born July 23, 1994)[1] is an American actor. He began his career doing smaller roles in the 2013 films Ender's Game & 12 Years a Slave.

After starring in a multitude of roles, his breakthrough performance came as Travis in the 2017 horror film It Comes at Night. He followed it up with roles in Monsters and Men, Assassination Nation & JT LeRoy.

In 2019, Harrison Jr gained wider recognition for his portrayals of Luce Edgar in Luce & Tyler Williams in Waves for which he was nominated for Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards for the former and a Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards for the latter.

Personal life

Harrison Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to musicians Shirlita and Kelvin Harrison Sr. He grew up in the Garden District and later moved to The Westbank.[2] He studied studio engineering and marketing, before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting, where he began taking acting classes.[2] Harrison Jr. is also a skilled musician, mainly playing jazz and gospel on the piano, trumpet, as well as singing. He honed his harmonious skills while studying and recording with the famed Marsalis family.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 12 Years a Slave Victim 2
Ender's Game Salamandar Uncredited
2014 Deluge Kareem Short film
The Flight of the Bumblebee James
2015 A Sort of Homecoming Eliot
Dancer and the Dame Kenny Basset
2016 The Birth of a Nation Simon
2017 Mudbound Weeks
It Comes at Night Travis
2018 Monsters and Men Zyrick ("Zee")
Assassination Nation Mason
All Rise Steve Harmon
Jinn[4] Tahir
JT LeRoy Sean
2019 Luce Luce Edgar
The Wolf Hour[5] Freddie
Gully Jesse
Bolden Frankie Duson
Waves Tyler Williams
2020 The Photograph Andy Morrison
The High Note David Cliff Post-production
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Fred Hampton Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Into the Badlands Jolyon Episode: "Chapter V: Snake Creeps Down"
2016 Underground Teenage Runaway Episode: "The White Whale"
2016 Chicago P.D. Michael Ellis Episode: "Justice"
2016 Roots Winslow Episode: "Part 4"
2016 Shots Fired Joey Campbell 3 episodes
2016–2017 StartUp Touie Dacey 12 episodes
2017 NCIS: New Orleans Cadet Lieutenant Commander Max Cabral Episode: "The Last Stand"
2019 Godfather of Harlem Teddy Greene Post-production

Music video

Year Title Role Notes
2016 "One Bad Night" Main character by Hayley Kiyoko

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2019
 British Academy Film Awards Rising Star Award — Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Luce Nominated

References

  1. ^ Bergeron, Judy (May 29, 2016). "New Orleans actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. reclaims familiar role in remake of 'Roots' miniseries". The Advocate. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "COOLfeed Interviews with Actor: Kelvin Harrison Jr". Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Rising Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. Shines Bright in Upcoming Reboot of Famed Historical Drama 'Roots'". Pitchengine.com. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (March 14, 2018). "'Jinn' Director Gets Personal With Teenage Identity Defining Film – SXSW". Deadline. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Hipes, Patrick (October 20, 2017). "Naomi Watts To Star In Psychological Thriller 'The Wolf Hour'". Deadline. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

External links

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