Jharrel Jerome was born in The Bronx, New York, United States, on October 9, 1997, is an American actor. Young Jharrel Jerome first started performing with Riverdale Children's Theatre. He made his big screen debut in coming of age drama film Moonlight (2016) in role as Teen Kevin. He got his television debut in BET anthology series Tales (2017) in episode "Children's Story", in role as Deacon. Jharrel's breakthrough performance came as Korey Wise in Netflix crime drama miniseries When They See Us (2019).
How tall is Jharrel Jerome and what is his weight? Jharrel Jerome's height is 5' 8" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 173 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 159 іn pоunds or 72 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 27 years old. His shoe size is 10 US | 43 EU.
Jharrel Jerome
August 27, 1979
27 years old
United States
Libra
Black
Dark Brown
5 ft 8 in | 173 cm
$1 Million
72 kg | 159 lbs
10 US | 43 EU
He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for his role as Teen Kevin in coming of age drama film Moonlight (2016).
Monster (2018) legal drama as Osvaldo Cruz
First Match (2018) drama as Omari
Selah and the Spades (2019) drama as Maxxie
Concrete Cowboy (2020) drama as Smush
He voiced Miles G. Morales / Prowler Earth-42 in animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Unstoppable (2024) biographical sports drama as Anthony Robles
He played Jerome Robinson in Peacock crime drama series Mr. Mercedes (2017-2019).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie / Miniseries for his role as Korey Wise in Netflix crime drama miniseries When They See Us (2019).
He was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Performance in a New Series and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series for his role as Cootie in Amazon Prime Video absurdist comedy miniseries I'm a Virgo (2023).
He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special for his role as Aked in Max thriller miniseries Full Circle (2023).
Graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.
Studied at Ithaca College.
Has one younger sister.
Has Dominican and Haitian ancestry.
He released his debut single "For Real" in 2020.
He won the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Performer Award in 2024.
He dated Nigella Accorsi.