---
name: "Darnell Appling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darnell-appling"
fi1m_id: "darnell-appling"
imdb_id: "nm5534173"
tmdb_id: 3352136
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 June 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:59:56.649472+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."
---

# Darnell Appling

## Identity

Darnell Appling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darnell-appling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darnell-appling
- **IMDb ID:** nm5534173
- **TMDB ID:** 3352136
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5534173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3352136

Producer. Born 5 June 1985 in East Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 June 1985, East Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5534173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3352136

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Challengers*](https://film.one/film/challengers.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Darnell Appling is an American personal assistant, actor and producer. He has worked as personal assistant to Zendaya on several major productions, including *The Greatest Showman* (2017), *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019), *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), *Dune* (2021), *Dune: Part Two* (2024) and episodes of the series *Euphoria*.

Appling also appears as an actor in small roles, including a crowd member in *Spider-Man: No Way Home*. In *Challengers* (2024) he plays the umpire at the New Rochelle Final and is credited as associate producer. He was born on 5 June 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenrant.com, gq-magazine.co.uk, vulture.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Challengers* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Umpire (New Rochelle Final) — [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md)
- *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), Fi1m 74, as Crowd Member — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-no-way-home.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Challengers* (2024), as Umpire (New Rochelle Final) · Associate Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/challengers.md)
- *Dune: Part Two* (2024), Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dune-part-two.md)
- *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), as Crowd Member · Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-no-way-home.md)
- *Dune* (2021), Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019), Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-far-from-home.md)
- *The Greatest Showman* (2017), Actor's Assistant — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-showman.md)

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