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name: "Maestro Harrell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maestro-harrell"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T08:11:45.753016+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."
---

# Maestro Harrell

Actor. Born 29 July 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $723m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6729344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224603

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Bone Tomahawk*](https://film.one/film/bone-tomahawk.md) (78)

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## Biography

Maestro Harrell is an American actor born on 29 July 1991 in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as a child performer, appearing in television series such as Guys Like Us and making early film appearances including as Young Cassius Clay in Ali (2001) and in Barbershop (2002).

He is known for his recurring role as Randy Wagstaff in the HBO series The Wire (2006–08) and as Malik in the ABC comedy Suburgatory. His other credits include guest roles in Lie to Me, Fear the Walking Dead and FBI, as well as the part of Gizzard in the 2015 western horror film Bone Tomahawk. Harrell has also worked as a DJ, singer and record producer under the name M A E S T R O.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024), Fi1m 57, as Inaki (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md)
- *Bone Tomahawk* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Gizzard — [page](https://film.one/film/bone-tomahawk.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, as Randy Wagstaff — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)

## Also known for

- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), Matt Sale
- *Ali* (2001), Young Cassius Clay
- *Lie to Me* (2009), Tyrel
- *FBI* (2018), Big Trey
- *Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story* (2009), Joe (Teen)
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), Rashad Harrison
- *Barbershop* (2002), Customer Tillman
- *Cold Case* (2003), Terrance Carter (2002)

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