LaKeith Stanfield
{{Short description|American actor (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = LaKeith Stanfield
| image = Keith Stanfield by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Stanfield in 2017
| birth_name = LaKeith Lee Stanfield
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|08|12}}
| birth_place = San Bernardino, California, U.S.
| other_names = Keith Stanfield
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2008–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kasmere Trice|2023}}
| children = 3
| awards =
}}
LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Get Out (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Stanfield has also appeared in the films Selma (2014), Dope (2015), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), The Photograph (2020), The Harder They Fall (2021), Haunted Mansion (2023) and The Book of Clarence (2023). On television, he starred in the series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he won a Black Reel Award for Television, and in the horror series The Changeling (2023–present).
Early life
LaKeith Lee Stanfield was born in San Bernardino, California, on August 12, 1991,{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/lakeith-stanfield/|title=Lakeith Stanfield 24|publisher=Empire Online|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614174909/https://www.empireonline.com/people/lakeith-stanfield/|url-status=live}}(July 21, 2017). [http://liverampup.com/entertainment/keith-stanfield-girlfriend-dating-parents-movies-net-worth.html "Lakeith Stanfield Becomes Parents After His Dating Affair With Girlfriend Got Him A Baby!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314051441/http://liverampup.com/entertainment/keith-stanfield-girlfriend-dating-parents-movies-net-worth.html |date=March 14, 2019 }}. LiveRampUp. and grew up in Riverside and Victorville.{{cite news|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-keith-stanfield|work=Interview|title=Discovery: Keith Stanfield|first=Emma|last=Brown|date=August 22, 2013|access-date=April 19, 2014|archive-date=April 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419195339/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-keith-stanfield|url-status=live}} His mother's name is Karen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-tao-of-lakeith-stanfield-an-ascendant-actor-on-forging-his-own-path-4093607/|title=The Tao of LaKeith Stanfield: An Ascendant Actor on Forging His Own Path|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=December 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230074529/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-tao-of-lakeith-stanfield-an-ascendant-actor-on-forging-his-own-path-4093607/|url-status=live}} He has said that he "grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides". He decided to become an actor when he was 14 after joining his high school's drama club. He attended the John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center in Los Angeles,{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3026953/behind-the-breakout-role-how-spirit-award-nominee-keith-stanfield-dug-deep-for-his-big-short|title=Behind The Breakout Role: How Spirit Award Nominee Keith Stanfield Dug Deep For His "Short Term 12" Performance|last=Hart|first=Hugh|date=February 28, 2014|work=Co.Create|access-date=April 19, 2014|archive-date=April 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419190547/http://www.fastcocreate.com/3026953/behind-the-breakout-role-how-spirit-award-nominee-keith-stanfield-dug-deep-for-his-big-short|url-status=live}} where he was signed by an agency and began auditioning for commercials.
Career
Stanfield's first acting role was in the short film Short Term 12, Destin Daniel Cretton's thesis project at San Diego State University, which won the Jury Award for U.S. Short Filmmaking at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. A year later, he appeared in the short film Gimme Grace (2010). While continuing to keep his dreams of acting alive,{{Citation|title=Lakeith Stanfield Goes Undercover on Reddit, YouTube and Twitter {{!}} GQ| date=July 31, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd4ru6idR1o|access-date=2021-05-11|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511212018/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd4ru6idR1o|url-status=live}} he went on to work a number of different jobs such as roofing and gardening, and jobs at AT&T and a legal marijuana dispensary, before he was contacted by Cretton to reappear in a feature-length adaptation of Short Term 12. It was his first feature film role. During production, Stanfield practiced method acting, distancing himself from the other cast members like his character. He was the only actor to appear in both the short and feature versions.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/short-term-12-keith-stanfield-best-original-song-oscars|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title='Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield on His Breakthrough Role and Song: 'There's Been a Snowball Effect'|date=December 23, 2013|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=April 19, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110211239/https://www.thewrap.com/short-term-12-keith-stanfield-best-original-song-oscars/|url-status=dead}} The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2013 South by Southwest film festival, and Stanfield was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
In 2014, Stanfield co-starred in The Purge: Anarchy and Selma, in the latter playing civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson. In 2015, he appeared in the films Memoria and Miles Ahead.{{cite web|url=https://shadowandact.com/short-term-12-star-keith-stanfield-joins-don-cheadles-miles-ahead|title='Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield Joins Don Cheadle's 'Miles Ahead'|work=Shadow and Act|first=Tambay A.|last=Obenson|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429051237/https://shadowandact.com/short-term-12-star-keith-stanfield-joins-don-cheadles-miles-ahead|url-status=live}} He also starred in the fantasy horror thriller film King Ripple by filmmaker Luke Jaden,{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3329071/beware-coming-king-ripple/|title='Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield Joins King Ripple|work=Indiewire|first=Tambay A.|last=Obenson|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122201123/http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3329071/beware-coming-king-ripple/|url-status=live}} and appeared in the music video for the Run the Jewels song "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)".{{cite web|last1=Camp|first1=Zoe|title=Run the Jewels and Zack De La Rocha's "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" Video Is a Battle Between Cop and Unarmed Black Man|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/58851-run-the-jewels-and-zack-de-la-rochas-close-your-eyes-and-count-to-fuck-video-is-a-battle-between-cop-and-unarmed-black-man/|access-date=April 12, 2015|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=March 26, 2015|archive-date=April 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411082425/http://pitchfork.com/news/58851-run-the-jewels-and-zack-de-la-rochas-close-your-eyes-and-count-to-fuck-video-is-a-battle-between-cop-and-unarmed-black-man/|url-status=live}} In 2015, he portrayed rapper Snoop Dogg in the biopic Straight Outta Compton.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/selmas-keith-stanfield-to-play-snoop-dogg-in-universals-n-w-a-movie-exclusizzle/|title='Selma's Keith Stanfield to Play Snoop Dogg in Universal's N.W.A. Movie (Exclusizzle) - TheWrap|work=TheWrap|date=August 25, 2014|access-date=January 1, 2015|archive-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230235102/http://www.thewrap.com/selmas-keith-stanfield-to-play-snoop-dogg-in-universals-n-w-a-movie-exclusizzle/|url-status=live}} In 2017, he played L in Adam Wingard's adaptation of the popular Japanese fantasy-thriller manga series Death Note, for Netflix. Also that year, he starred in the music video for the song "Cold Little Heart" by English singer Michael Kiwanuka,{{cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2017/03/26/news/watch-michael-kiwanuka-releases-new-video-for-cold-little-heart/|title=WATCH: Michael Kiwanuka Releases New Video for "Cold Little Heart"|work=mxdwn|first=Ryan|last=Fricke|date=March 26, 2017|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423101945/https://music.mxdwn.com/2017/03/26/news/watch-michael-kiwanuka-releases-new-video-for-cold-little-heart/|url-status=live}} and appeared in the critically acclaimed horror film Get Out.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_out "Get Out (2017)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612012318/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_out/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 15, 2018. In 2018, he starred as Cassius "Cash" Green in the critically acclaimed dark comedy film Sorry to Bother You.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/tessa-thompson-lakeith-stanfield-steven-yeun-movie-sorry-to-bother-you-1202113786/|title=Tessa Thompson, Lakeith Stanfield, Steven Yeun To Star In 'Sorry To Bother You'|last=Busch|first=Anita|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612205817/https://deadline.com/2017/06/tessa-thompson-lakeith-stanfield-steven-yeun-movie-sorry-to-bother-you-1202113786/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/watch-lakeith-stanfield-make-millions-with-white-voice-in-wild-sorry-to-bother-you-trailer-630617/|title=Watch Lakeith Stanfield Make Millions With 'White Voice' in Wild 'Sorry to Bother You' Trailer|last=Blistein|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429051237/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/watch-lakeith-stanfield-make-millions-with-white-voice-in-wild-sorry-to-bother-you-trailer-630617/|url-status=live}}
In 2019, Stanfield starred as Nate Davis in the Netflix romantic comedy film Someone Great. In the same year, he played Lieutenant Elliot in the mystery film Knives Out.{{Cite web|last=Rivera|first=Joshua|date=November 27, 2019|title=Knives Out is a great mystery that fumbles its big finish|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20984387/knives-out-rian-johnson-mystery-ending-lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans|access-date=November 22, 2020|website=The Verge|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509062245/https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20984387/knives-out-rian-johnson-mystery-ending-lakeith-stanfield-daniel-craig-chris-evans|url-status=live}} He had starring roles in the films The Photograph (2020) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). His portrayal of FBI informant William O'Neal in the latter was critically acclaimed and garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite web|last1=Kelley|first1=Sonaiya|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-14/the-photograph-issa-rae-lakeith-stanfield-stella-meghie|title='The Photograph': The most romantic movie for Valentine weekend|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128200338/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-14/the-photograph-issa-rae-lakeith-stanfield-stella-meghie|archive-date=January 28, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Nate|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/oscar-nominations-2021-the-snubs-and-surprises.html|title=Oscar Nominations: The Snubs and Surprises|website=Vulture|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315172402/https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/oscar-nominations-2021-the-snubs-and-surprises.html|archive-date=March 15, 2021|url-status=live}}
Stanfield performs under the stage name Htiekal (his first name backwards) and is working on his debut album, titled Self Control.{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Madison|title=Lakeith Stanfield Shares New Song "Fast Life"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lakeith-stanfield-shares-new-song-fast-life-listen/|access-date=March 14, 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=March 27, 2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230074529/https://pitchfork.com/news/lakeith-stanfield-shares-new-song-fast-life-listen/|url-status=live}} He is a member of the band Moors, with Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/will-keith-stanfield-score-an-668662/|first=Scott|last=Feinberg|date=January 7, 2014|title=Will Keith Stanfield Score an Oscar Nom for His Heartbreaking 'Short Term 12' Rap Song? (Q&A)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429051237/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/will-keith-stanfield-score-an-668662/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lakeith-stanfields-moors-teams-with-tune-yards-for-new-song-mango-709993/ | title=Lakeith Stanfield's Moors Teams with Tune-Yards for New Song 'Mango' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=August 10, 2018 | access-date=September 26, 2022 | archive-date=September 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926223801/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lakeith-stanfields-moors-teams-with-tune-yards-for-new-song-mango-709993/ | url-status=live }}
Personal life
Stanfield lives in Los Angeles.{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Tim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/28/lakeith-stanfield-i-dont-hold-anything-back|title=Lakeith Stanfield: 'I don't hold anything back'|work=The Guardian|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-date=December 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230074529/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/28/lakeith-stanfield-i-dont-hold-anything-back|url-status=live}} Stanfield has a daughter born in 2017 with actress Xosha Roquemore,{{cite web|last=Juneau|first=Jen|date=March 9, 2017|url=https://people.com/parents/xosha-roquemore-pregnant-expecting-first-child-lakeith-stanfield/|title=Baby on the Way for Lakeith Stanfield and Xosha Roquemore|work=People|access-date=April 29, 2022|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110034712/https://people.com/parents/xosha-roquemore-pregnant-expecting-first-child-lakeith-stanfield|url-status=live}} and a second daughter born in 2022 with artist Tylor Hurd.{{Cite web |last=Pierre |first=Mekishana |date=Jan 4, 2023 |title=LaKeith Stanfield Celebrates Engagement to Kasmere Trice Amid 'Secret Family' Claims From Tylor Hurd |url=https://www.etonline.com/lakeith-stanfield-celebrates-engagement-to-kasmere-trice-amid-secret-family-claims-from-tylor-hurd?amp |access-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729054143/https://www.etonline.com/lakeith-stanfield-celebrates-engagement-to-kasmere-trice-amid-secret-family-claims-from-tylor-hurd?amp |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Abraham |first=Mya |date=Jan 4, 2023 |title=LaKeith Stanfield Addresses Engagement And "Secret" Baby In Post-Holiday Recap |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/lakeith-stanfield-engagement-secret-baby-response-1234724273/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727214100/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/lakeith-stanfield-engagement-secret-baby-response-1234724273/amp/ }} In December 2022, Stanfield and model Kasmere Trice announced their engagement and by July 2023, they had privately married and had their first child together.{{Cite web |last=Rubenstein |first=Janine |title=LaKeith Stanfield Reveals He and Kasmere Trice Are Married — with a New Baby! (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/lakeith-stanfield-reveals-married-and-new-baby-exclusive-7565569 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727002238/https://people.com/lakeith-stanfield-reveals-married-and-new-baby-exclusive-7565569 |url-status=live }}
Filmography
{{pending films key}}
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Short Term 12 | Mark | Short film |
| 2013
| Marcus | |
| rowspan=3| 2014
| Young Ghoul Face | |
| Selma
| |
| The Fires, Howling
| The Staying One | Short film |
| rowspan=7| 2015
| King Ripple | King Ripple | Short film |
| The Ferguson Case, Verbatim
| Short film |
| Tracks
| Lawrence | |
| Dope
| Marquis a.k.a. Bug | |
| Straight Outta Compton
| |
| Miles Ahead
| Junior | |
| Memoria
| Max | |
| rowspan=3| 2016
| Lewis | |
| Hard World for Small Things
| Sev | Short film |
| Snowden
| Patrick Haynes | |
| rowspan=7| 2017
| Colin Warner | |
| Get Out
| Andre Hayworth / Logan King | |
| The Incredible Jessica James
| Damon | |
| War Machine
| Corporal Billy Cole | |
| Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
| George | |
| Death Note
| |
| Quest
| Diego | |
| rowspan=4| 2018
| Cassius "Cash" Green | |
| Come Sunday
| Reggie | |
| The Girl in the Spider's Web
| Edwin Needham | |
| Time of Day
| Himself | Short film{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Thom Yorke soundtracks rag & bone's short film starring Lakeith Stanfield, Jon Hamm, Kate Mara |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/thom-yorke-rag-bone-short-film/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=September 12, 2018 |date=September 11, 2018 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911214839/https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/09/thom-yorke-rag-bone-short-film/ |url-status=live }} |
| rowspan=3| 2019
| Nate Davis | |
| Uncut Gems
| Demany | |
| Knives Out
| Detective Lieutenant Elliot | |
| 2020
| Michael Block | |
| rowspan=2|2021
| |
| The Harder They Fall
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Ben Matthias | |
| The Book of Clarence
| Clarence / Thomas | |
| 2024
| Ernest Cole (voice) |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Karl | |
| {{Pending film|Roofman}}
| {{TBA}} |
| rowspan="4" {{TBA}}
| {{Pending film|Play Dirty}} | Grofield | rowspan="2" | Post-production |
| {{Pending film|Lear Rex}}
| Edmund |
| {{Pending film|I Love Boosters}}
| {{TBA}} | rowspan="2" | Post-production |
| {{Pending film|The Wrong Girls}}
| {{TBA}} |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016–2022
| Atlanta | Darius Epps |
| 2018
| Himself | Episode: "What are your thoughts on raising free black children?" |
| 2019–2020
| Guy (voice) | 7 episodes |
| 2020
| Himself (co-host) | 2 episodes |
| 2021
| Yasuke | Yasuke (voice) | 6 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2023
| Apollo | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
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=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist ! Role |
|---|
| 2014
| "When My Train Pulls In" | Keith |
| 2015
| "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" | Kid |
| rowspan=2|2017
| "Moonlight" | Jay-Z | Chandler |
| "Cold Little Heart"
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| "I Hate U" | SZA | |
| "Shirt"
|SZA | |
| 2025
|"Long Time" |Teyana Taylor | |
Awards and nominations
References
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{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series}}
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