---
name: "Jaboukie Young-White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jaboukie-young-white"
fi1m_id: "jaboukie-young-white"
imdb_id: "nm7187850"
tmdb_id: 1998733
wikidata_id: "Q52274823"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 July 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T01:36:11.437954+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."
---

# Jaboukie Young-White

## Identity

Jaboukie Young-White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jaboukie-young-white
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jaboukie-young-white
- **IMDb ID:** nm7187850
- **TMDB ID:** 1998733
- **Wikidata ID:** Q52274823
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaboukie_Young-White, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52274823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7187850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1998733

Actor. Born 24 July 1994 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 July 1994, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Javie Young-White
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $570m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaboukie_Young-White, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52274823, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7187850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1998733

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Companion*](https://film.one/film/companion.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Jaboukie Young-White is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician. Born on 24 July 1994 in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Marian Catholic High School and studied at DePaul University before leaving to pursue comedy full time.

Young-White first gained recognition as a stand-up performer, appearing on *The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon* in 2017–2018. He has written for the series *American Vandal* (2018) and *Big Mouth* (2019), and worked as a correspondent on *The Daily Show with Trevor Noah* (2018–2021). His acting credits include film roles in *Rough Night* (2017), *Set It Up* (2018), *Someone Great* (2019) and *C'mon C'mon* (2021), voice parts in *Strange World* (2022) and *Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken* (2023), and the role of Teddy in *Companion* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Love Hypothesis* (2026), Fi1m 53, as Malcolm Browne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-hypothesis.md)
- *Companion* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Teddy — [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Fantasmas* (2024), Fi1m 84, as Skyler — [page](https://film.one/tv/fantasmas.md)
- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Fern — [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Fi1m 66, as McNeely (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The Love Hypothesis* (2026), as Malcolm Browne — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-hypothesis.md)
- *Trash Mountain* (2026), Actor
- *The Threesome* (2025), as Greg
- *Companion* (2025), as Teddy — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/companion.md)
- *Fantasmas* (2024), series, as Skyler — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/fantasmas.md)
- *Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken* (2023), as Connor (voice)
- *Strange World* (2022), as Ethan Clade (voice)
- *Rap Sh!t* (2022), series, as Francois Boom
- *Baymax!* (2022), series, as Mbita (voice)
- *Battle Kitty* (2022), series, as Warriors / Squires (voice)
- *Abbott Elementary* (2021), series, as Elijah — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/abbott-elementary.md)
- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), as Fern — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *Fairfax* (2021), series, as Truman (voice)
- *Dating & New York* (2021), as Milo Marks
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, as Sam — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *The Great North* (2021), series, as Holden (voice)
- *Ayo and Rachel are Single* (2020), series, as Jaboukie
- *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020), series, as Daniel
- *Someone Great* (2019), as Mikey
- *Vanilla* (2019), as Garret
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), as McNeely (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Set It Up* (2018), as Assistant Alex
- *Places, Thank You Places* (2017), Actor
- *Sneakers* (2017), Actor
- *aka Wyatt Cenac* (2017), series, as Corey
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as (voice) · Teleplay, Writer
- *American Vandal* (2017), series, Writer
- *Rough Night* (2017), as Borat
- *Crashing* (2017), series, Actor
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Terry (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as TV Eric — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Gay Kid and Fat Chick*, Actor
- *Golden*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jaboukie Young-White](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-44305533328d.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05196.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05196.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-16e4f0f5305f.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05196_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05196_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-077b3759148e.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05222.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05222.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-dbf586bfbbbf.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05231.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05231.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaboukie Young-White](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-4b6e7daa5c6c.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White — Image via TMDB
- ![Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8718/gallery-3260cf009f76.jpg) Jaboukie Young-White at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05234.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_05234.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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