Kelvin Harrison, Jr.

Kelvin Harrison, Jr.

Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (born July 23, 1994) is an American actor. He began his career with small roles in the 2013 films Ender's Game and 12 Years a Slave. His breakthrough performance came as Travis in the 2017 horror film It Comes at Night, and in 2019 he gained wider recognition for his work in Luce and Waves. Harrison Jr. received nominations for the Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards for the former and the Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards for the latter.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024 • as Taka (voice)

Chicago P.D.

Chicago P.D.

2014 • as Michael Ellis

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 • as Self

Godfather of Harlem

Godfather of Harlem

2019 • as Teddy Greene

Filmography

2025

O'Dessa
O'Dessa
as Euri Dervish
Movie - Released: 3/8/2025

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Taka (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/18/2024

2023

Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
as Self - ‘B.B. King’
Movie - Released: 1/8/2023
Chevalier
Chevalier
as Joseph
Movie - Released: 4/20/2023

2022

Elvis
Elvis
as B.B. King
Movie - Released: 6/22/2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/2022

2021

Monster
Monster
as Steve Harmon
Movie - Released: 7/15/2021
Gully
Gully
as Jesse
Movie - Released: 6/4/2021
Cyrano
Cyrano
as Christian de Neuvillette
Movie - Released: 4/14/2021

2020

The High Note
The High Note
as David Cliff
Movie - Released: 6/10/2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Trial of the Chicago 7
as Fred Hampton
Movie - Released: 9/25/2020
The Photograph
The Photograph
as Andy Morrison
Movie - Released: 2/14/2020
Unity Call
Unity Call
Movie - Released: 10/28/2020

2019

The Wolf Hour
The Wolf Hour
as Freddie
Movie - Released: 1/26/2019
J.T. LeRoy
J.T. LeRoy
as Sean
Movie - Released: 4/26/2019
Luce
Luce
as Luce Edgar
Movie - Released: 8/2/2019
Bolden
Bolden
as Frankie Dusen
Movie - Released: 5/3/2019
Waves
Waves
as Tyler
Movie - Released: 11/15/2019
Godfather of Harlem
Godfather of Harlem
as Teddy Greene
TV - Released: 9/29/2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation
as Mason
Movie - Released: 9/21/2018
Monsters and Men
Monsters and Men
as Zyrick
Movie - Released: 9/22/2018
Jinn
Jinn
as Tahir
Movie - Released: 3/11/2018

2017

It Comes at Night
It Comes at Night
as Travis
Movie - Released: 6/9/2017
Mudbound
Mudbound
as Weeks
Movie - Released: 11/16/2017
Shots Fired
Shots Fired
as Joey Campbell (uncredited)
TV - Released: 3/22/2017
Genius
Genius
as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
TV - Released: 4/25/2017

2016

The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
as Simon
Movie - Released: 9/9/2016
Roots
Roots
as Winslow
TV - Released: 5/30/2016
StartUp
StartUp
as Toussant "Touie" Dacey
TV - Released: 9/6/2016

2015

Dancer and the Dame
Dancer and the Dame
as Kenny
Movie - Released: 2/22/2015
Dancer and the Dame
Dancer and the Dame
as Kenny Bassett
Movie - Released: 2/22/2015
A Sort of Homecoming
A Sort of Homecoming
as Eliot
Movie - Released: 3/14/2015

2014

Chicago P.D.
Chicago P.D.
as Michael Ellis
TV - Released: 1/8/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
as Victim 2
Movie - Released: 10/18/2013
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
as Salamander (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/24/2013

Unknown

Behind the Lines
Behind the Lines
as Self
Movie
Samo Lives
Samo Lives
as Jean-Michel Basquiat
Movie
Movie
Golden
Movie