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      Ashton Sanders

      Ashton Sanders

      Highest Rated: 98% Moonlight (2016)

      Lowest Rated: 42% Captive State (2019)

      Birthday: Oct 24, 1995

      Birthplace: Carson, California, USA

      Relative newcomer Ashton Sanders made an extraordinary debut as a young black teenager struggling with his sexuality in Barry Jenkins' critical hit "Moonlight" (2016). Born October 24, 1995 in Los Angeles, he was raised in the city of Carson and endured a childhood similar to that of his "Moonlight" role. Like Chiron, he was bullied by peers throughout elementary and middle school, and was raised by other individuals while his parents grappled with substance abuse issues. He found solace in performance at the Amazing Grace Conservatory, an arts program based in South Central Los Angeles, which convinced him to pursue acting as a career. Sanders made his screen debut at the age of 15 in "The Retrieval" (2013), an independent historical drama about a young African-American boy in the Civil War South who is sent to help capture a former slave that he befriended. He then logged a minor role in "Straight Outta Compton" before enrolling in DePaul University's esteemed theater program. While there, he received the script for "Moonlight," and was cast as the teenaged Chiron, who endures physical and emotional abuse from all corners of his life, including his mother (Naomie Harris) and the object of his affection (Jharrel Jerome). Sanders' performance was praised by critics, and earned numerous accolades, including two individual acting nominations from the Black Reel Awards and ensemble laurels from the Independent Spirit and Gotham Awards.

      Highest rated movies

      98% Moonlight 96% Judas and the Black Messiah
      93% The Retrieval
      80% Dead Women Walking
      62% Native Son
      52% The Equalizer 2 51% All Day and a Night 43% Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

      Photos

      Ashton Sanders NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: SHANIQWA JARVIS/© HBO MOONLIGHT, Ashton Sanders, 2016, photo by David Bornfriend, ©A24 MOONLIGHT, from left: Jharrel Jerome, Ashton Sanders, 2016. ph: David Bornfriend/© A24 THE EQUALIZER 2, FROM LEFT: DENZEL WASHINGTON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2018. PH: GLEN WILSON/© COLUMBIA PICTURES THE EQUALIZER 2, FROM LEFT: DENZEL WASHINGTON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2018. PH: GLEN WILSON/© COLUMBIA PICTURES NATIVE SON, FROM LEFT: ASHTON SANDERS,DIRECTOR RASHID JOHNSON, NICK ROBINSON, ON-SET, 2019. PHOTO: THOMAS HANK WILLIS/© HBO CAPTIVE STATE, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: PARRIS LEWIS/© FOCUS FEATURES CAPTIVE STATE, FROM LEFT: JOHN GOODMAN, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: PARRIS LEWIS/© FOCUS FEATURES NATIVE SON, FROM LEFT: ASHTON SANDERS, KIKI LAYNE, 2019. PHOTO: THOMAS HANK WILLIS/© HBO MOONLIGHT, Ashton Sanders, 2016. ph: David Bornfriend/© A24 CAPTIVE STATE, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: PARRISH LEWIS/© FOCUS FEATURES CAPTIVE STATE, FROM LEFT: COLSON BAKER, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: PARRIS LEWIS/© FOCUS FEATURES NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIBATIQUE/© HBO NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIBATIQUE/© HBO NATIVE SON, SANAA LATHAN (2ND FROM LEFT), BILL CAMP (STANDING), ASHTON SANDERS (FAR RIGHT), 2019. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIBATIQUE/© HBO NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS (BACK TO CAMERA), 2019. © HBO NATIVE SON, FROM LEFT: ASHTON SANDERS, KIKI LAYNE, 2019. © HBO NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIBATIQUE/© HBO NATIVE SON, ASHTON SANDERS, 2019. PHOTO: MATTHEW LIBATIQUE/© HBO

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      43% 92% Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody Bobby Brown (Character) $23.4M 2022
      96% 95% Judas and the Black Messiah Jimmy Palmer (Character) $5.0M 2021
      51% 59% All Day and a Night Jahkor (Character) - 2020
      62% 48% Native Son Bigger Thomas (Character) - 2019
      42% 39% Captive State Gabriel Drummond (Character) $5.9M 2019
      52% 61% The Equalizer 2 Miles Whittaker (Character) $102.0M 2018
      80% No Score Yet Dead Women Walking Troy (Character) - 2018
      98% 79% Moonlight Chiron (Character) $27.9M 2016
      93% 73% The Retrieval Will (Character) $50.3K 2013

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 87% Wu-Tang: An American Saga Bobby Diggs (Character) 2019 2021 2023
      No Score Yet 24% The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2022