Justin Michael Cornwell (born November 5, 1988) is an American actor, writer and musician best known for playing Young Jeronicus Jangle in the

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original movie '' Jingle Jangle,'' Marcus Hargreeves in

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, LaMarcus Alton in Bel-Air and Kyle Craig in the CBS crime drama, ''

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'', based on the 2001 film of the same name.

Early life and education

Cornwell was born in

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to Sidney Cornwell and Robin Bodiford. However, he was primarily raised in

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and

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. At age 10, he relocated with his mother and stepfather Jackie Herring (died 2009) to Louisville where he was encouraged to pursue art after first showing an interest in grade school. He graduated from Eastern High School where he participated in chorus and school plays. He was named as a premier student artist at the

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. He attended the

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where he continued studying acting. Cornwell relocated to

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in 2011 to pursue his acting career.

Career

Cornwell found work at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre where he appeared in ''Othello the Remix'', ''

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'' and other Chicago theatre productions shortly after signing with his first agent. While constantly working in theater and on the crew of TV shows, he booked appearances in commercials for

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and the Ohio Lottery. In 2014, Cornwell appeared in an episode of the NBC crime drama, '' Chicago P.D''. In 2015, he appeared in an episode of Fox's musical drama, ''

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'' and later had an uncredited appearance in

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's '' Chi-Raq''. In March 2016, Cornwell was cast in the pilot for the CBS drama ''

'', based on the 2001 film of the same name. It went to series but was cancelled after the untimely death of Cornwell's co-lead Bill Paxton, airing all 13 episodes of its sole season. In 2017, Cornwell was cast in the TNT limited series '' I Am the Night'', produced by Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine, which aired its limited run in January 2019. That same year also saw Cornwell star in the NBC supernatural crime drama, '' The InBetween'', which ended its run after only one season. In the fall of 2020, Cornwell appeared in the event musical '' Jingle Jangle'' for

as young Jeronicus Jangle performing the opening song ''This Day'' in the film. In January 2021, it was announced that Cornwell would be joining the season 3 of Netflix series ''

'' as the leader of an alternate group of super powered siblings called the Sparrow Academy. As of June 2021, Cornwell was announced as a lead in Gareth Evans Netflix action thriller '' Havoc'' starring alongside Tom Hardy and

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. in 2023-24 Cornwell appeared in season 2 and 3 of '' Bel-Air'' as Lamarcus Alton.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornwell, Justin 1988 births American male television actors Living people University of Louisville alumni People from Sharon, Pennsylvania Male actors from Louisville, Kentucky Eastern High School (Louisville, Kentucky) alumni