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name: "Jussie Smollett"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 June 1982"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T16:05:25.246856+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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# Jussie Smollett

Actor. Born 21 June 1982 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 June 1982, Santa Rosa, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussie_Smollett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6315685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181081

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Alien: Covenant*](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md) (57)

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## Biography

Jussie Smollett is an American actor and singer. Born on 21 June 1982 in Santa Rosa, California, he began his career as a child actor with roles in *The Mighty Ducks* (1992) and *North* (1994).

Smollett is known for portraying Jamal Lyon in the television series *Empire* (2015–2019). He appeared as Ricks in the film *Alien: Covenant* (2017) and as Langston Hughes in *Marshall* (2017). His sister Jurnee Smollett is also an actor.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, as Ricks — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Lost Holliday* (2024), as Jason Holliday · Director, Writer
- *B-Boy Blues* (2021), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Marshall* (2017), as Langston Hughes
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), as Ricks — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Star* (2016), series, as Jamal Lyon
- *Empire* (2015), series, as Jamal Lyon · Director
- *Ask Me Anything* (2014), as Nico Dempster
- *Born to Race: Fast Track* (2014), as Tariq
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Barry Stassen
- *The Skinny* (2012), as Magnus
- *Revenge* (2011), series, as Jamie
- *On Our Own* (1994), series, as Jesse Jerrico
- *North* (1994), as Adam
- *Cro* (1993), series, as Mike (voice)
- *Alex Haley's Queen* (1993), series, as Simon
- *The Mighty Ducks* (1992), as Terry Hall
- *A Little Piece of Heaven* (1991), as Salem Bordeaux
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Billy

## Gallery

- ![Amit Paley and Jussie Smollett speaking at LoveLoud 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/1081317/gallery-93fc1fbac1cd.jpg) Amit Paley and Jussie Smollett speaking at LoveLoud 2018. — Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Amit_Paley_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2842462968190%29.jpg/1280px-Amit_Paley_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2842462968190%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Amit Paley and Jussie Smollett speaking at LoveLoud 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/1081317/gallery-4266c9cd7161.jpg) Amit Paley and Jussie Smollett speaking at LoveLoud 2018. — Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Amit_Paley_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2844222374242%29.jpg/1280px-Amit_Paley_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2844222374242%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ashly Williams and Jussie Smollett performing at LoveLoud 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/1081317/gallery-a46f86b02f5a.jpg) Ashly Williams and Jussie Smollett performing at LoveLoud 2018. — Ben P L from Provo, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ashly_Williams_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2844222383172%29.jpg/1280px-Ashly_Williams_and_Jussie_Smollett_at_LoveLoud_2018_%2844222383172%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jussie Smollett](https://film.one/media/person/1081317/gallery-c10394cf5097.jpg) Jussie Smollett — Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Jussie_Smollett_%2826362136311%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 2017: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won)
- NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award 2016: NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group 2016: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist 2016: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist (won)
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song 2016: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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