---
name: "Jelani Alladin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jelani-alladin"
fi1m_id: "jelani-alladin"
imdb_id: "nm6613270"
tmdb_id: 2871710
wikidata_id: "Q58886645"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 August 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T00:09:50.926178+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."
---

# Jelani Alladin

## Identity

Jelani Alladin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jelani-alladin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jelani-alladin
- **IMDb ID:** nm6613270
- **TMDB ID:** 2871710
- **Wikidata ID:** Q58886645
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelani_Alladin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58886645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6613270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2871710

Actor. Born 6 August 1992 in New York, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 August 1992, New York, U.S.
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelani_Alladin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58886645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6613270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2871710

## Coming up

- *Next Year* (2026-10-04), as Robert

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Fellow Travelers*](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Jelani Alladin is an American actor, singer and dancer. Born on 6 August 1992 in New York City, he grew up in the Brownsville neighbourhood of Brooklyn and attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a BFA.

Alladin made his Broadway debut in 2018, originating the role of Kristoff in the musical *Frozen*. He later played the title role in *Hercules*. On screen, he is known for playing Marcus Gaines in the 2023 miniseries *Fellow Travelers*, David in the 2021 film *tick, tick... BOOM!*, and Will Campbell in *The Walking Dead: World Beyond* (2020–2021). Other television credits include episodes of *FBI*, *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *Blue Bloods*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Marcus Gaines — [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), Fi1m 72, as David — [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Next Year* (2026), as Robert
- *9-1-1: Nashville* (2025), series, as Jalen Fox
- *Strangers on a Beach* (2025), as Calvin
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, as Marcus Gaines — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), as David — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *The Walking Dead: World Beyond* (2020), series, as Will Campbell
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Alex Bryant
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Sean Thomas
- *C-Side*, as Sasha

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