Jussie Smollett

Acting

Jussie Smollett

Born 1982-06-21 · Santa Rosa, California, USA

Jussie Smollett (born June 21, 1982) is an American actor, singer and photographer. As a child, he began his acting career for summer fun in 1987 starring in national network commercials in NYC. He later co-starred in the films The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994). In 2015, Smollett received rave reviews for his portrayal of musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox music-industry primetime TV drama Empire.

Acting credits

Alien: Covenant poster
6.2

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

Alien: Covenant

2017

The Mighty Ducks poster
6.6

After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.

The Mighty Ducks

1992

Marshall poster
7.2

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Marshall

2017

North poster
5.0

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.

North

1994

Ask Me Anything poster
5.6

Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.

Ask Me Anything

2014

Born to Race: Fast Track poster
6.5

Danny Krueger is a twenty-year old drag racer who plays by his own rules. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young drivers in the world. Tension soars on and off the track, and a terrible incident leaves Danny without a racing partner. Facing dismissal from the academy, Danny is forced to team up with an old rival. The pair must learn to set aside their differences as they vie for rookie spots on a professional racing team.

Born to Race: Fast Track

2014

The Truth About Jussie Smollett? poster
5.4

The shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story. With first-hand interviews from those at the helm, including investigating police, lawyers, journalists and Jussie himself, this compelling documentary invites the audience to decide for themselves who is telling The Truth About Jussie Smollett?

The Truth About Jussie Smollett?

2025

A Little Piece of Heaven poster
6.0

Will Loomis is living with his mentally handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.

A Little Piece of Heaven

1991

The Lost Holliday poster
NR

When Cassandra Marshall arrives in Los Angeles to plan the funeral for her estranged son, Damien Holliday, she finds the arrangements are already being handled... by her son's husband, Jason Holliday - a man and a marriage she knew nothing about. Through Damien's relationship with Jason and their adopted daughter. Arielle, along with the help of Jason's sister, Cheyenne, and best friend, Duck - Cassandra learns more about her son in death than she ever knew during his life.

The Lost Holliday

2024

The Skinny poster
5.5

Five black Brown University classmates, four gay men and a lesbian, reunite in New York City for a weekend of fun, sins, secrets, lies and drama.

The Skinny

2012

Chicago vs. Jussie Smollett poster
NR

Accused of staging a fake hate crime in Chicago and sentenced to five months behind bars for lying to the police, Jussie Smollett has become synonymous with a hoax that underscored the larger cacophony of racism, homophobia, and political fissures in America.

Chicago vs. Jussie Smollett

2022

Behind the camera

The Lost Holliday poster
NR

When Cassandra Marshall arrives in Los Angeles to plan the funeral for her estranged son, Damien Holliday, she finds the arrangements are already being handled... by her son's husband, Jason Holliday - a man and a marriage she knew nothing about. Through Damien's relationship with Jason and their adopted daughter. Arielle, along with the help of Jason's sister, Cheyenne, and best friend, Duck - Cassandra learns more about her son in death than she ever knew during his life.

The Lost Holliday

2024

The Lost Holliday poster
NR

When Cassandra Marshall arrives in Los Angeles to plan the funeral for her estranged son, Damien Holliday, she finds the arrangements are already being handled... by her son's husband, Jason Holliday - a man and a marriage she knew nothing about. Through Damien's relationship with Jason and their adopted daughter. Arielle, along with the help of Jason's sister, Cheyenne, and best friend, Duck - Cassandra learns more about her son in death than she ever knew during his life.

The Lost Holliday

2024

B-Boy Blues poster
5.4

Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.

B-Boy Blues

2021

B-Boy Blues poster
5.4

Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.

B-Boy Blues

2021

B-Boy Blues poster
5.4

Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.

B-Boy Blues

2021