---
name: "Artel Great"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/artel-great"
fi1m_id: "artel-great"
imdb_id: "nm0907539"
tmdb_id: 59572
wikidata_id: "Q65580975"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 September 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:17:36.742196+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Artel Great

## Identity

Artel Great

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/artel-great
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** artel-great
- **IMDb ID:** nm0907539
- **TMDB ID:** 59572
- **Wikidata ID:** Q65580975
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artel_Great, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65580975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59572

Actor. Born 11 September 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 September 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Artel Kayaru, Artel Kayàru, Artel Jarod Walker
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artel_Great, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65580975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59572

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Save the Last Dance*](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Artel Great (born 11 September 1981) is an American actor and filmmaker. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and made early screen appearances in *Light It Up* (1999) and as Arvel in *Save the Last Dance* (2001).

Great is known for portraying Rodney in the 2002 film *Dahmer*, a performance that earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. His other acting credits include *Down in the Valley* (2005), *The Soloist* (2009) and a role in the television series *24* (2001). He has also written and directed films, including *Love Like Winter* (2020). Great graduated summa cum laude from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television as its first Black valedictorian and holds a PhD from NYU Tisch; he is an associate professor of cinema at San Francisco State University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), Fi1m 66, as Arvel — [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love Walks In* (2021), as Dr. Zenith Burnett · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Music Supervisor
- *Love Like Winter* (2020), as Stokely Parker · Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Music Supervisor
- *The Soloist* (2009), as Leon
- *The Smile of an Angry Man* (2006), as Sentry Jones · Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Music
- *Heavens Fall* (2006), as Willie Roberson
- *The Alibi* (2006), as Stump
- *Down in the Valley* (2005), as Boulevard Guy
- *Their Eyes Were Watching God* (2005), as Motor Boat
- *Dahmer* (2002), as Rodney
- *24* (2001), series, as Sangalan Villager #5 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Save the Last Dance* (2001), as Arvel — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/save-the-last-dance.md)
- *Light It Up* (1999), as Shakur (uncredited)

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