---
name: "Mo McRae"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mo-mcrae"
fi1m_id: "mo-mcrae"
imdb_id: "nm0594895"
tmdb_id: 59014
wikidata_id: "Q6886247"
roles: []
born: "4 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T22:42:28.662745+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."
---

# Mo McRae

## Identity

Mo McRae

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mo-mcrae
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mo-mcrae
- **IMDb ID:** nm0594895
- **TMDB ID:** 59014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6886247
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_McRae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6886247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59014

Actor. Born 4 July 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 July 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Mo, Mõ
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $230m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_McRae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6886247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59014

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lucky*](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Mo McRae is an American actor, director and producer. Born in Los Angeles in 1982, he began acting in the early 2000s with small roles in films such as *Thirteen* (2003) and *Gridiron Gang* (2006), in which he played Leon Hayes.

He gained recognition for his recurring role as Tyler Yost in the FX series *Sons of Anarchy* (2012–2014) and appearances in *The Butler* (2013) as Eldridge Huggins, *Wild* (2014) as Jimmy Carter, and the Fox series *Pitch* (2016). Other credits include *Den of Thieves* (2018), *The First Purge* (2018) and *This Is Us* (2016).

McRae made his feature directorial debut with *A Lot of Nothing* (2022). He also appears as Agent Eli Gates in the 2026 series *Lucky*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Lucky* (2026), Fi1m 57, as Agent Eli Gates — [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md)
- *Wild* (2014), Fi1m 70, as Jimmy Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *The Butler* (2013), Fi1m 66, as Eldridge Huggins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Lucky* (2026), series, as Agent Eli Gates — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/lucky.md)
- *Stay* (2025), as Miles
- *Red Right Hand* (2024), as Duke
- *A Lot of Nothing* (2023), Director, Writer, Producer
- *East New York* (2022), series, Supervising Producer, Director
- *MVP* (2022), as Will Phillips · Executive Producer
- *Starkeisha* (2022), Director, Writer
- *Bel-Air* (2022), series, Director
- *Gully* (2021), as Otis
- *Rebel* (2021), series, as Amir, Amir Johnson
- *The Flight Attendant* (2020), series, as Benjamin Berry
- *The 24th* (2020), as Walker
- *Adopt a Highway* (2019), as Wilson
- *Almost Family* (2019), series, as Tim Moore
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Kurt Beto · Director
- *American Skin* (2019), Actor
- *The First Purge* (2018), as 7 & 7
- *Den of Thieves* (2018), as Gus Henderson
- *Destined* (2017), as Tay / Dontay
- *Tales* (2017), series, as Davis
- *Aftermath* (2017), as Saab
- *Team Spirit* (2016), Director, Producer
- *Pitch* (2016), series, as Blip Sanders
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, as Don Robinson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *All the Way* (2016), as Stokely Carmichael
- *November Rule* (2015), as Steve
- *Empire* (2015), series, as J Poppa
- *Wild* (2014), as Jimmy Carter — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wild.md)
- *#AmeriCAN* (2014), Producer
- *Acting Like Adults* (2014), as Mike
- *The Butler* (2013), as Eldridge Huggins — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Deonte Frasier
- *CarJack* (2011), as Charlie
- *The Defenders* (2010), series, as Rapper
- *Detention* (2010), as Jason Gretch
- *Just Another Day* (2009), as Robo
- *The Deadliest Lesson* (2008), as Jason Gretch
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, as Tyler, Tyler Yost — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Gridiron Gang* (2006), as Leon Hayes
- *Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood* (2003), as Shirtless Homey
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Burke Kelvin
- *I'm with Her* (2003), series, as Neighbor #1
- *Thirteen* (2003), as Rapper 2
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, as P-Nut
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Derwin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Kevin Brown
- *The Blue Diner* (2001), as Vango
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Capone
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Kenny Hamilton
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Leo Plummer
- *ER* (1994), series, as Kevin Hightower — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Rock a Bye Baby*, as Roshaun

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