Aaron Stone Pierre (born 7 June 1994) is an English actor.

Early life

Pierre is from

South London South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames. The region consists of the boroughs, in whole or in part, of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, ...

. He was into athletics and sprinting as a child and developed an interest in acting as a teenager. He joined the

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Young People's Theatre (CRYPT) once he moved areas. He took Performing Arts at

Lewisham College Lewisham College is a further education college in the London Borough of Lewisham, south-east London. It was established in 1990, having previously been known as SELTEC (South East London College of Technology) since the early 1970s, which was run ...

before going on to train in

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and at the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. LAMDA's Principal i ...

, graduating in 2016.

Career

Early work

Pierre appeared in 2 episodes of the

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series ''

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'' and played a Roman soldier Antonius in series 1 of the

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series ''

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''. In 2018, he began starring as Dev-Em in the Syfy series ''

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''. That same year, Pierre starred as Cassio in ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cyp ...

'' at

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. For his performance, he received an

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commendation. He played the King opposite

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in the 2019 production of '' King Hedley II'' at the

Theatre Royal Stratford East The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with director Joan Littlewood, whos ...

Breakthrough

American director

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saw Pierre in ''Othello'' and sent him a message after, inviting him to audition for his new series. Pierre landed the role of Caesar in '' The Underground Railroad'', which would be released on

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in May 2021. In July 2021, Pierre appeared as Mid-Sized Sedan / Brendan in

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's film '' Old''. In August 2021, it was reported that Pierre would reteam with Barry Jenkins as a young Mufasa in a '' Lion King'' film. In October 2021, Pierre joined the cast of the upcoming films '' Rebel Ridge'' (after

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stepped down for family reasons) and ''Foe'', an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Iain Reid. In February 2022, Pierre joined the cast of the upcoming superhero film ''

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'', set in the

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and scheduled to be released on September 6, 2024.

Filmography

Film

Short film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierre, Aaron Living people 1994 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Black British male actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors English people of Jamaican descent English people of Sierra Leonean descent People from the London Borough of Bexley