Born: February
29, 1992
Birthplace:
Silver Springs, MD
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Jessie T. Usher Jr. is an American actor.
He starred as Cam Calloway in the Starz series
Survivor's Remorse.
He previously played Lyle on Level Up.
In 2014, he appeared in When the Game Stands
Tall and the voice of American Boy in Teenage.
In 2016, Usher co-starred in Independence Day:
Resurgence. He is part of the main cast of Amazon Prime Video’s original series
The Boys, based on the comic book series of the same name playing A-Train.
Usher first showed an interest in acting at age
five after his sister Jesstia booked a TV commercial.
His first acting job was an Oscar Meyer
commercial. In 2003, the family relocated to Los Angeles to help further
Usher's career.
He graduated from high school at 15.
Usher joined Alpha Gamma Sigma and studied
culinary arts in community college.
Usher's first professional acting job was in
an episode of CBS's Without a Trace in 2005.
In 2007, he appeared in an episode of the
Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana.
In 2011, Usher starred in the Cartoon Network
television film Level Up. The film spawned a television series in which Usher
would reprise his role as Lyle Hugginson, which lasted two seasons.
He later voiced American Boy in the 2013 documentary.
Teenage.
In 2014, Usher appeared in the film When the
Game Stands Tall.
In March 2014, Usher was cast as the lead in
Survivor's Remorse, executive produced by NBA superstar LeBron James. The
series premiered in October 2014.
In 2016, Usher appeared in the sequel film
Independence Day opposite.
Later that year, Usher co-starred in the Christmas-themed
comedy-drama Almost Christmas opposite Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise.
In January 2018, it was announced that Usher was
cast as A-Train in the Amazon Studios show The Boys, based on Garth Ennis and
Darick Robertson’s comic book.
In 2019, Usher played the lead in a sequel to
the 1971 film Shaft, starring as the son of Samuel L. Jackson's character from
the 2000 film and the grandson of the original Shaft, played by Richard
Roundtree.