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American actor, musician (b. 1991)

LaKeith Stanfield
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Stanfield in 2017
Born

LaKeith Lee Stanfield

(1991-08-12) August 12, 1991 (age 31)
Other names Keith Stanfield
Occupations
Years active 2008–present
Children 2
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination

LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor and musician. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Selma (2014), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Stanfield has also appeared in the films Dope (2015), Get Out (2017), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), The Photograph (2020) and The Harder They Fall (2021), and starred in the series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he won a Black Reel Award for Television. He has also been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, a Gotham Award, two Satellite Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Black Reel Awards.

Early life[edit]

LaKeith Lee Stanfield was born in San Bernardino, California, on August 12, 1991,[1][2] and grew up in Riverside and Victorville.[3] His mother’s name is Karen.[4] He has said that he “grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides”.[5] He decided to become an actor when he was 14 after joining his high school’s drama club. He attended the John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center in Los Angeles,[5] where he was signed by an agency and began auditioning for commercials.[3]

Stanfield’s first acting role was in the short film Short Term 12, Destin Daniel Cretton’s thesis project at San Diego State University, which won the Jury Award for U.S. Short Filmmaking at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[5] A year later, he appeared in the short film Gimme Grace (2010). While continuing to keep his dreams of acting alive,[6] he went on to work a number of different jobs such as roofing and gardening, and jobs at AT&T and a legal marijuana dispensary, before he was contacted by Cretton to reappear in a feature-length adaptation of Short Term 12. It was his first feature film role.[7] During production, Stanfield practiced method acting, distancing himself from the other cast members like his character.[3] He was the only actor to appear in both the short and feature versions.[8] The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2013 South by Southwest film festival, and Stanfield was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.[7]

In 2014, Stanfield co-starred in The Purge: Anarchy[7] and Selma, in the latter playing civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson. In 2015, he appeared in the films Memoria[5] and Miles Ahead.[9] He also starred in the fantasy horror thriller film King Ripple by filmmaker Luke Jaden,[10] and appeared in the music video for the Run the Jewels song “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)”.[11] In 2015, he portrayed rapper Snoop Dogg in the biopic Straight Outta Compton.[12] In 2017, he played L in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of the popular Japanese fantasy-thriller manga series Death Note, for Netflix. Also that year, he starred in the music video for the song “Cold Little Heart” by English singer Michael Kiwanuka,[13] and appeared in the critically acclaimed horror film Get Out.[14] In 2018, he starred as Cassius “Cash” Green in the critically acclaimed dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You.[15][16]

In 2019, Stanfield starred as Nate Davis in the Netflix romantic comedy film Someone Great. In the same year, he played Lieutenant Elliot in the mystery film Knives Out.[17] He had starring roles in the films The Photograph (2020) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). His portrayal of FBI informant William O’Neal in the latter was critically acclaimed and garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[18][19]

Music career[edit]

Stanfield performs under the stage name Htiekal and is working on his debut album, titled Self Control.[20] He is a member of the band Moors, with Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder.[7][21]

Personal life[edit]

Stanfield has a daughter with actress Xosha Roquemore, born June 2017. He also has a daughter named Apollo with artist 730t.[4][22] He lives in Pasadena.[23] In December of 2022, Stanfield became engaged to model Kasmere Trice.[24][25][26][27]

Accusations of anti-Semitism[edit]

In 2021, Stanfield participated in a Clubhouse room centered on the teachings of Louis Farrakhan and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. According to Indiewire, Stanfield previously issued an apology on Instagram for his role in the conversation, but deleted the post not long after. “Yesterday I entered an online chat room on Clubhouse about the teachings of Louis Farrakhan. When the room’s participants noticed me, I was quickly made a moderator of this room”, Stanfield wrote. “At some point during the dialogue the discussion took a very negative turn when several users made abhorrent anti-Semitic statements and at that point, I should have either shut down the discussion or removed myself from it entirely.”[28]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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Music videos[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ (July 21, 2017). “Lakeith Stanfield Becomes Parents After His Dating Affair With Girlfriend Got Him A Baby!” Archived March 14, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. LiveRampUp.
  3. ^ a b c Brown, Emma (August 22, 2013). “Discovery: Keith Stanfield”. Interview. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ^ a b “The Tao of LaKeith Stanfield: An Ascendant Actor on Forging His Own Path”. The Hollywood Reporter. November 18, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Hart, Hugh (February 28, 2014). “Behind The Breakout Role: How Spirit Award Nominee Keith Stanfield Dug Deep For His “Short Term 12″ Performance”. Co.Create. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  6. ^ Lakeith Stanfield Goes Undercover on Reddit, YouTube and Twitter | GQ, retrieved May 11, 2021
  7. ^ a b c d Feinberg, Scott (January 7, 2014). “Will Keith Stanfield Score an Oscar Nom for His Heartbreaking ‘Short Term 12’ Rap Song? (Q&A)”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  8. ^ Sneider, Jeff (December 23, 2013). “‘Short Term 12’ Star Keith Stanfield on His Breakthrough Role and Song: ‘There’s Been a Snowball Effect’“. The Wrap. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  9. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (June 20, 2014). “‘Short Term 12’ Star Keith Stanfield Joins Don Cheadle’s ‘Miles Ahead’“. Shadow and Act. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  10. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (June 20, 2014). “‘Short Term 12’ Star Keith Stanfield Joins King Ripple”. Indiewire. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  11. ^ Camp, Zoe (March 26, 2015). “Run the Jewels and Zack De La Rocha’s “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)” Video Is a Battle Between Cop and Unarmed Black Man”. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  12. ^ “‘Selma’s Keith Stanfield to Play Snoop Dogg in Universal’s N.W.A. Movie (Exclusizzle) – TheWrap”. TheWrap. August 25, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  13. ^ Fricke, Ryan (March 26, 2017). “WATCH: Michael Kiwanuka Releases New Video for “Cold Little Heart”“. mxdwn. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  14. ^ “Get Out (2017)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  15. ^ Busch, Anita (June 15, 2017). “Tessa Thompson, Lakeith Stanfield, Steven Yeun To Star In ‘Sorry To Bother You’“. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  16. ^ Blistein, Jon (May 17, 2018). “Watch Lakeith Stanfield Make Millions With ‘White Voice’ in Wild ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Trailer”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  17. ^ Rivera, Joshua (November 27, 2019). “Knives Out is a great mystery that fumbles its big finish”. The Verge. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  18. ^ Kelley, Sonaiya (February 14, 2020). “‘The Photograph’: The most romantic movie for Valentine weekend”. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  19. ^ a b Jones, Nate (March 15, 2021). “Oscar Nominations: The Snubs and Surprises”. Vulture. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  20. ^ Bloom, Madison. “Lakeith Stanfield Shares New Song “Fast Life”“. Pitchfork. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  21. ^ “Lakeith Stanfield’s Moors Teams with Tune-Yards for New Song ‘Mango’“. Rolling Stone. August 10, 2018.
  22. ^ Juneau, Jen (March 9, 2017). “Baby on the Way for Lakeith Stanfield and Xosha Roquemore”. People. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  23. ^ Lewis, Tim (February 28, 2021). “Lakeith Stanfield: ‘I don’t hold anything back’“. The Guardian. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  24. ^ Messina, Victoria. “LaKeith Stanfield Isn’t Engaged, but We Have the Details About His Beautiful Spelman Grad Girlfriend”. Pop Sugar. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  25. ^ Mwai, Kui. “‘Atlanta’ Star LaKeith Stanfield Reacts To Social Media Frenzy Amid Rumors He’s Engaged To Model Girlfriend”. Yahoo. Yahoo News. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  26. ^ Mwai, Kui. “‘Atlanta’ Star LaKeith Stanfield Reacts To Social Media Frenzy Amid Rumors He’s Engaged To Model Girlfriend”. Blavity.
  27. ^ Mwai, Kui. “‘Atlanta’ Star LaKeith Stanfield Reacts To Social Media Frenzy Amid Rumors He’s Engaged To Model Girlfriend Kasmere”. Yahoo News!. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  28. ^ “Lakeith Stanfield Responds to Backlash from Moderating Anti-Semitic Clubhouse Room”. Okayplayer. May 15, 2021.
  29. ^ The Ferguson Case, Verbatim | Op-Docs | The New York Times, August 6, 2015, retrieved March 19, 2019
  30. ^ Kaye, Ben (September 11, 2018). “Thom Yorke soundtracks rag & bone’s short film starring Lakeith Stanfield, Jon Hamm, Kate Mara”. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  31. ^ “LaKeith Stanfield”. IMDb. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  32. ^ “NAACP Image Awards”. NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

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