Khris Davis is an American actor in cinema, stage theater and television. He is best known for his film roles as Steel in the drama film Judas and the Black Messiah and Malik in Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Career

Davis made his breakthrough role when he appeared in the 2017 film Detroit.

On December 12, 2018, Davis was cast as Luke in the Joseph Cross-directed film Summer Night.[1] On May 27, 2021, Davis was cast as George Foreman in George Tillman Jr.’s 2023 biopic.[2][3] On May, 2022, Davis was cast as Biff Loman in Miranda Cromwell and Marianne Elliott's West End revival of Death of a Salesman along with Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke, and André De Shields.[4]

Filmography

Film

• Detroit (2017)
• Summer Night (2019)
• Goldie (2019)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
• Heart of a Lion (2023)

Television

• Unforgettable (2015)
• Atlanta (2018, 2022)
• The Blacklist (2019)

Theater

• The Royale (2016)
• Sweat (2017)
• Fireflies (2018)
• Death of a Salesman (2022, West End revival)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Khris Davis at IMDb
• Khris Davis on Twitter
• Khris Davis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Broadway World