Aaron Pierre
Birthday: Born in 1994-06-07 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Aaron Stone Pierre (born June 7 1994) is an English actor. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Pierre gained recognition for his role as Dev-Em in the science fiction series Krypton (2018–2019). He has since starred in the period drama miniseries The Underground Railroad (2021), as well as the thriller films Old (2021) and Rebel Ridge (2024). Also in 2024, he portrayed Malcolm X in the miniseries Genius and voiced Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King. Pierre was born on June 7 1994, in London. He is of Jamaican, Curaçao and Sierra Leonean background. He participated in athletics and sprinting as a child and developed an interest in acting as a teenager. He joined the Croydon Young People's Theatre (CRYPT) once he moved areas. He took Performing Arts at Lewisham College before training in Toronto and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2016. Pierre appeared in 2 episodes of the BBC One series The A Word. In series 1 of the Sky Atlantic series Britannia, he played a Roman soldier, Antonius. In 2018, he began starring as Dev-Em in the Syfy series Krypton. Pierre starred as Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe that same year. For his performance, he received an Ian Charleson Award commendation. He played the King opposite Lenny Henry in the 2019 production of King Hedley II at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. American director Barry Jenkins saw Pierre in Othello and sent him a message inviting him to audition for his new series. Pierre landed the role of Caesar in The Underground Railroad, released on Amazon Prime in May 2021. In July 2021, Pierre appeared as Mid-Sized Sedan / Brendan in M. Night Shyamalan's film Old. In August 2021, it was reported that Pierre would reteam with Barry Jenkins as a young Mufasa in a Lion King film. In October 2021, after John Boyega stepped down for family reasons, Pierre starred in Jeremy Saulnier's film Rebel Ridge, streamed on Netflix in 2024. In 2021, he starred in Foe, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Iain Reid. In February 2022, Pierre joined the cast of the upcoming superhero film Blade, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and scheduled to be released on November 7, 2025. However, he was released from the project by March 2024 due to script rewrites. He won the Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for his performance as Francis in the film Brother. Pierre provided the voice of a young Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King. In October 2024, Pierre was cast as John Stewart / Green Lantern in DC Studios's Lanterns television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Pierre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Krypton
Character: Dev-Em
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos....
Big Little Journeys
Character: Narrator
Dive into the extraordinary worlds of six tiny animals as they embark on the biggest journeys of their lives....
Britannia
Character: Antonius
An epic drama set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army – determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Or so they say....
Genius
Character: Malcolm X
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius....
The Underground Railroad
Character: Caesar
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil....
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character: Self
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape....
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities....
Movie Credits
Foe
Character: Terrence
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?...
Rebel Ridge
Character: Terry Richmond
A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail....
Brother
Character: Francis
Sons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene. A mystery unfolds when escalating tensions set off a series of events which changes the course of the brothers’ lives forever....
Old
Character: Mid-Sized Sedan
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day....
The Gaze
Character:
In all my years of doing press, I've been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled. This is an answer to a question rarely asked....
Mufasa: The Lion King
Character: Mufasa (voice)
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny....