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Jharrel Jerome trivia: 26 facts about the When They See Us star

Jharrel Jerome is an American actor who made a name for starring in Moonlight and the Netflix miniseries When They See Us.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far!

  1. Jharrel Jerome was born on October 9, 1997
  2. He is an American actor
  3. He is best known for starring in Barry Jenkins’s drama film Moonlight (2016)
  4. And for portraying Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019)
  5. For the latter, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
  6. Jerome was born in 1997 and raised in the Bronx, New York
  7. He is of Dominican descent and identifies as Afro-Latino
  8. He grew up in a close-knit family with parents who he described as “loving”
  9. His mother suggested he pursue acting when he was in eighth grade
  10. After which he joined the Riverdale Children’s Theatre, a local youth theatre organization
  11. He attended and graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
  12. Commuting to Manhattan each day by train
  13. Jerome enrolled as an undergraduate at Ithaca College
  14. Shorlty after, he was cast in his first professional acting role in the 2016 independent film Moonlight, as young Kevin
  15. A.O. Scott wrote in the New York Times that he was “excellent” in the role
  16. Director Barry Jenkins said about Jerome, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, “When you watch Jharrel in that movie, he’s not a guy who’s been over-rehearsing. That’s a dude learning by doing. It’s amazing”
  17. Since 2017, Jerome has appeared in the Audience series Mr. Mercedes
  18. He auditioned for the role of young Korey Wise in the 2019 Netflix miniseries When They See Us, based on the Central Park jogger case
  19. After his audition the series’ director, Ava DuVernay, asked him to read the lines for adult Korey Wise
  20. He was subsequently cast in both roles
  21. Jerome grew close to Wise throughout filming
  22. He said in a Los Angeles Times interview, “He’s my brother now. I look up to him. I look up to his courage. He’s taught me so much on how to be strong”
  23. Jerome and his Moonlight co-star, Ashton Sanders, won the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss
  24. Jerome was nominated and won in 2019 for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category
  25. He won for When They See Us
  26. He is the first Afro-Latino actor to win an Emmy for acting
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