Justice Smith

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Justice Smith (2017)

Justice Elio Smith (born August 9, 1995 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor . He was best known for the role of Ezekiel Figuero in the Netflix series The Get Down .

life and career

Smith was born in Los Angeles, California in 1995 to an African-American father and mother of Italian and French-Canadian descent. He has eight siblings. Smith graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts in 2013 and has appeared in a few theater shows around Orange County .

In 2014, Smith appeared in Nickelodeon's superhero comedy series The Thundermans , starring Angus in two episodes. He also appeared on the HBO documentary series Masterclass and Vlogbrothers . In 2015, Smith had a supporting role as Marcus "Radar" Lincoln in Margo's footsteps .

In 2016, Smith had his breakthrough starring Ezekiel Figuero in the Netflix musical drama series The Get Down . The series ran from August 2016 to April 2017 and was canceled shortly thereafter. In 2017, Smith was listed on Forbes magazine's 30-under-30 list .

Smith also appeared in New York alongside Lucas Hedges in the off-Broadway stage production of Yen by playwright Anna Jordan . The production ran from January 2017 at the Lucille Lortel Theater and ended on March 4, 2017.

In February 2018, Smith played Justin , friend of the main character Rhiannon, in Ultimately we don't care about the universe . A few months later, in June 2018, he played a leading role in the science fiction film Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom . For this role he received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry as a poor supporting actor . For the sequel planned for 2021, he will play the same role again.

In 2019, Smith played the lead role in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu , a live-action film based on the video game of the same name . In September 2019 it was announced that Smith starred in the new HBO-Max series generation will play by Lena Dunham to be produced.

His film All the Damned Perfect Days will be released in February 2020 , where he plays the male lead alongside Elle Fanning .

Smith's current German voice actor is Marco Eßer .

Personal

As part of a protest over George Floyd's death in early June 2020, Smith came out as queer and showed photos with his partner, actor Nicholas L. Ashe.

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Justice Smith Almost Lost Himself in The Get Down . September 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Meet Justice Smith who plays Radar in John Green's 'Paper Towns' Movie + Trailer . In: latimes.com , March 29, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Who Plays Radar In 'Paper Towns'? Justice Smith Is A Rising Star with a Killer Next Role in the new juristic world . In: bustle.com , July 23, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
  4. ↑ John Green's 'Paper Towns' Adding Austin Abrams, Halston Sage, Justice Smith (Exclusive) . In: thewrap.com , October 9, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
  5. ↑ Baz Luhrmann's Netflix Series Finds Its Leads . In: variety.com , April 9, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015. 
  6. ↑ Review: 'Yen' Is a Den of Family Dysfunction Ben Brantley. New York Times. January 31, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017
  7. ↑ Maria Bello, Debby Ryan, 'Spider-Man: Homecoming's Jacob Batalon & More Join' Every Day 'From MGM . In: Deadline , July 7, 2017. 
  8. ↑ Bory's Kit: 'Jurassic World 2' Casts 'Get Down' Star Justice Smith (Exclusive) . The Hollywood Reporter. December 1, 2016.
  9. ↑ The Get Down's Justice Smith Stars in Legendary's live-action Pokémon film . November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ Generation : Justice Smith, Chloe East and 8 More Join Lena Dunham-Produced HBO Max Dramedy , accessed September 25, 2019
  11. ↑ Patrick Hipes: 'All The Bright Places' Movie Ramps Up With Justice Smith To Star With Elle Fanning, Brett Haley Directing . July 23, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  12. ↑ Justice Smith comes out as queer . In: queer.de . June 8, 2020. Accessed June 8, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Justice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Justice Elio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California