Jussie Smollet trivia: 45 facts about the “Empire” star!

Jussie Smollet is an actor and part of the very successful “Empire” tv series! He is openly gay and an activist!

He was viciously jumped one of the previous days. News that shocked the whole nation!

So let’s find out some facts about this famous actor’s life

1. Jussie Smollett was born in June 21, 1982
2. He is an American actor, singer, director and photographer
3. He began his career as a child actor in 1987
4. He was starring in commercials and films
5. These include The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner’s North (1994)
6. In 2015, Smollett attracted international attention
7. He also received rave reviews for his portrayal of musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire
8. Smollett has also appeared in Ridley Scott’s science fiction film Alien: Covenant as Ricks and in Marshall as Langston Hughes
9. Jussie Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California
10. He is the third of six children born
11. His parents are Janet and Joel Smollett
12. He has three brothers and two sisters
13. Their names are Jake, Jocqui, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jazz
14. Several of them are also actors
15. His father was Jewish
16. His mother is African-American
17. Jussie Smollett graduated from Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus, NJ
18. Jussie Smollett began his acting career as a child
19. On television, he starred alongside his five real-life siblings in the short-lived ABC sitcom On Our Own from 1994–95
20. In 2012, Smollett returned to acting with the leading role in Patrik-Ian Polk’s LGBT-themed comedy-drama The Skinny
21. Also that year, he released an EP album titled The Poisoned Hearts Club
22. He later guest-starred on The Mindy Project (2012)
23. He had a guest appearence on Revenge (2014)
24. In 2014,Jussie Smollett was cast as Jamal Lyon
25. He was playing a gay musician who struggles to gain his father’s approval
26. He was starring pposite Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard in the Fox drama series Empire
27. His role was hailed as “groundbreaking” for its positive depiction of a black gay man on television
28. Smollett reprised his role in subsequent seasons
29. He also directed an episode of the fourth season in 2017
30. In February 2015, Smollett confirmed that he had signed a recording contract with Columbia Records
31. He would be releasing an album in the future
32. Jussie Smollett co-wrote the songs “I Wanna Love You” and “You’re So Beautiful” on the Original Soundtrack from Season 1 of Empire album
33. The album was released in March 2015
34. Ιn June 2015, it was announced that Smollett would guest-star alongside his younger sister, Jurnee, on Underground
35. It aired on 2016
36. Smollett came out as gay during a televised interview with Ellen DeGeneres in March 2015
37. In a 2016 interview with Out magazine, Smollett clarified his sexual orientation
38. His statemnet was “If I had to label myself, I would label myself as a gay man.”
39. As a boy, Jussie Smollett had some romantic interest in girls
40. When Smollett’s gay character Jamal Lyon from Empire engaged in a heterosexual tryst with a female character, Smollett defended the plot
41. On January 29, 2019, Smollett was attacked in Chicago
42. It was described as a possible hate crime
43. Smollett said to police that he was attacked after leaving a fast-food restaurant by two white men in ski masks, who made racial and homophobic slurs
44. According to a statement released by the Chicago Police Department, the two suspects then poured an unknown liquid on Smollett and put a noose around his neck
45. Jussie Smollett said that he fought off the attackers