---
name: "William Catlett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-catlett"
fi1m_id: "william-catlett"
imdb_id: "nm2825058"
tmdb_id: 1962720
wikidata_id: "Q123486791"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-23T21:14:52.525573+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."
---

# William Catlett

## Identity

William Catlett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-catlett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-catlett
- **IMDb ID:** nm2825058
- **TMDB ID:** 1962720
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123486791
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Catlett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123486791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2825058/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1962720

Actor. Born 16 October 1982 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1982, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Will 'Will Cat' Catlett, Will Catlett, 윌리엄 캐틀렛
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Catlett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123486791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2825058/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1962720

## Biography

William Catlett is an American actor and producer. He was born on 16 October 1982 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Catlett's early television work includes appearances in *The Mentalist* (2008) and *Insecure* (2016). He is known for his recurring role as Latavious 'Lala' Johnson in *Black Lightning* (2018–2021), as well as roles in *Lovecraft Country* (2020), *A Thousand and One* (2023) and *Constellation* (2024). He played Rickles in the 2024 film *Abigail* and has also written and produced projects including work on *Love Is* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Abigail* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Rickles — [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Verton Freeman — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Crystal Lake* (2026), series, as Levon Brooks — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/crystal-lake.md)
- *Never Let Go* (2024), as Father
- *Color Book* (2024), as Lucky
- *Abigail* (2024), as Rickles — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Constellation* (2024), series, as Paul Lancaster
- *A Thousand and One* (2023), as Lucky
- *The Devil You Know* (2022), as Drew Cowans
- *True Story* (2021), series, as Herschel
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, as Verton Freeman — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Force of Nature* (2020), as Griffin
- *Charm City Kings* (2020), as Detective Rivers
- *Love Is___* (2018), series, as Yasir
- *Black Lightning* (2018), series, as Latavious 'Lala' Johnson
- *Giants* (2017), series, Actor
- *Insecure* (2016), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/insecure.md)
- *Born Again Virgin* (2015), series, as Anderson
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Patient — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jeremiah Daniels and Will Catlett, actors, at Seattle International Film Festival 2025 in Seattle, Washington in March 2025](https://film.one/media/person/11658/gallery-0ed965241072.jpg) Jeremiah Daniels and Will Catlett, actors, at Seattle International Film Festival 2025 in Seattle, Washington in March 2025 — Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jeremiah_Daniels_and_Will_Catlett_at_SIFF_2025.jpg/1280px-Jeremiah_Daniels_and_Will_Catlett_at_SIFF_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![William Catlett](https://film.one/media/person/11658/gallery-42f615c804ff.jpg) William Catlett — Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/William_Catlett_on_the_red_carpet_at_SIFF_2025.jpg/1280px-William_Catlett_on_the_red_carpet_at_SIFF_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Will Catlett, actor, at Seattle International Film Festival 2025 in Seattle, Washington in March 2025 during a post-showing Q&A](https://film.one/media/person/11658/gallery-7c1f5f2de567.jpg) Will Catlett, actor, at Seattle International Film Festival 2025 in Seattle, Washington in March 2025 during a post-showing Q&A — Joe Peacock, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/William_Catlett_speaking_at_SIFF_2025.jpg/1280px-William_Catlett_speaking_at_SIFF_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![William Catlett](https://film.one/media/person/11658/gallery-bbc20f4e54e8.jpg) William Catlett — Image via TMDB
- ![William Catlett](https://film.one/media/person/11658/gallery-accbc8f1ec47.jpg) William Catlett — Image via TMDB

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