Filmed a three-minute taped audition for Moonlight on his 18th birthday; a week later, he got the part and was flown to Miami to begin filming
While attending Ithaca College, he could not watch the 2016 Oscars because he did not have a TV; one year later, he was at the Oscars as part of the cast of Moonlight
Presented a Human Rights Campaign award to Tarell Alvin McCraney, the author whose play inspired Moonlight
Won the 2017 MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" for his part in Moonlight, his first major film role
Is also an accomplished musician, having performed at the Eclectic Café and Vinyl in Charleston, South Carolina, and recorded an EP called Moonwalk
Awards
2019Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie:winner