Jharrel Jerome (born October 9, 1997) is a Dominican-American actor and rapper.
He is best known for playing teenage Kevin in Moonlight (2016), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2016. He also portrayed Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay's docudrama When They See Us, which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
Partial Filmography
Film
- Moonlight (2016) - Teenage Kevin
- Monster (2018) - Osvaldo Cruz
- First Match (2018) - Omari
- Selah And The Spades (2019) - Maxxie
- Concrete Cowboy (2020) - Smush
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - Miles Morales (Earth-42)
Television
- When They See Us (2019) - Korey Wise
- Mr. Mercedes (2017-2019) - Jerome Robinson
- I'm A Virgo - Cootie
