Will Catlett
{{Short description|American actor}}
William Catlett is an American actor and producer.
Early life
Catlett was born in Alexandria, Virginia.{{cite web|url= https://www.photobookmagazine.com/features/will-catlett|website=Photo Book Magazine|access-date=19 April 2024|title=Will Catlett|date=15 January 2022|first=Agata|last=Serge}} His father had ambitions to be an actor before he joined the military and worked in government.
Career
His early television credits include The Mentalist on CBS as well as Insecure and Brothers in Atlanta on HBO. He appeared in the 2018 Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil television series Love Is, for which he was also in the writers room. He played the lead role in Issa Rae’s YouTube series First and Black & Sexy TV’s That Guy. Catlett produced Giants for Issa Rae Presents, the short film Stages, in which he also stars, and the television series Garden Hills.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/love-is-william-catlett-caa-1202874711/| website=Variety|access-date=19 April 2024|date= Jul 16, 2018 |title=‘Love Is___’ Star William Catlett Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Joe|last=Otterson}} He later worked again with Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil on Black Lightning.{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/gallery/tv-stars-to-watch-2018-daniel-ezra-maya-hawke-elizabeth-lail/i-feel-bad-season-pilot-3/| website=Variety|access-date=19 April 2024|date= May 30, 2018|title=Variety’s TV Stars to Watch 2018|first1= Danielle |last1=Turchiano |first2=Kirsten |last2=Chuba}}
He appeared in the 2020 film Charm City Kings. In 2021, he could be seen with Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, and Billy Zane in Netflix comedy thriller True Story. For that role, he earned an NAACP Image Awards
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He appeared in Lovecraft Country. In 2023, he appeared in A.V. Rockwell film A Thousand and One as Lucky.{{cite web|url= https://www.ebony.com/black-leading-men-in-hollywood-will-catlett-2023/|website=Ebony.com|access-date=19 April 2024|title= LEADING MEN: 'A THOUSAND AND ONE' STAR WILL CATLETT CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE|date=30 June 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2023/awards/focus/will-catlett-thousand-and-one-inspiration-working-with-teyana-taylor-1235839127/|website=Variety|access-date=19 April 2024|date= December 17, 2023|title=Will Catlett Shares How ‘A Thousand and One’ Character Was Inspired by His Father|first=Stuart|last=Miller}}
He plays Rickles in the 2024 comedy horror film Abigail alongside Dan Stevens and Melissa Barrera.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/angus-cloud-radio-silence-universal-monster-movie-kathryn-newton-will-catlett-1235611453/|website=Variety|access-date=19 April 2024|date= May 12, 2023 |title=Angus Cloud, Kathryn Newton and Will Catlett Join ‘Scream’ Directors’ Monster Movie at Universal
|first=Angelique|last=Jackson}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theaureview.com/watch/interview-abigail-stars-kevin-durand-and-william-catlett/ |website=theaureview|access-date=19 April 2024|title= Interview: Abigail stars Kevin Durand and William Catlett on character quirks and what truly terrifies them|first=Peter|last=Gray|date= April 17, 2024}} He is a series regular in the Apple TV+ series Constellation, playing Paul.{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/constellation-episode-6-will-catlett-interview/|website=Screen Rant|access-date=19 April 2024|title= Constellation's Will Catlett Talks Paul's Show-Changing Reveal, Season 2 Hopes & Jonathan Banks|first=Grant|last=Hermans|date=29 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.musetv.net/james-darcy-and-will-catlett-on-the-thriller-constellation/|website=musetv.net|access-date=19 April 2024|title= James D’Arcy And Will Catlett On The Thriller Constellation|first=Manny|last=Gomez|date=February 20, 2024}}
Personal life
Partial filmography
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|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012–2015
| That Guy | Mike | 17 episodes |
| 2013
|Patient |Episode: "Red, White and Blue" |
| 2014–2015
| First | Charles | 15 episodes |
| 2015
|Anderson |Episode: "Off to See the Wizard" |
| 2017
| Giants | Flip | 4 episodes |
| 2018
| Love Is | Yasir | 10 episodes |
| 2018–2021
| Lala | 23 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2020
| Rivers | |
| Force of Nature
| Griffin | |
| Lovecraft Country
| Verton Freeman |Episode: "Rewind 1921" |
| 2021
| Herschel | 7 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Ezra Bundle |Episode: "Sensia" |
| The Devil You Know
| Drew | |
| First
| Charles | |
| 2023
| Lucky | |
| rowspan="4" | 2024
| Paul Lancaster | 7 episodes |
| Abigail
| Rickles | |
| Color Book
|Lucky | |
| Never Let Go
|Poppa | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2825058}}
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Category:Date of birth unknown
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors