Shameik Moore
Birthdate: May 4, 1995
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Shameik Moore (birthname: Shameik Alti Moore) has proven to be a multi-talented performer in live-action acting, voice acting for animation, R&B and pop singing, and rapping. Moore’s feature debut was a small supporting role in writer-director Todd Graff’s musical, Joyful Noise (2012), co-starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, and Kris Kristofferson.
Moore’s breakthrough turn was as Malcolm in writer-director Rick Famuyiwa’s acclaimed coming-of-age Dope (2015), co-produced by Forest Whitaker, co-starring Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Tyga, Zoe Kravitz, and ASAP Rocky, and premiering at the Sundance film festival. Under James Franco’s direction, Moore then co-starred with Jack Kilmer, Jane Levy, Juno Temple, Brian Cox, Dennis Quaid, and Franco in the widely-panned drama, Pretenders (2018).
Shameik Moore’s biggest role to date arrived in the form of the lead vocal role as Miles Morales in the huge hit, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), a freshly animated and reconceived version of the Spider-Man story, co-written by Phil Lord, and featuring the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Zoe Kravitz, Nicolas Cage, Liev Schreiber, and Lily Tomlin, earning smash results of $384.3 million on a $90 million budget.
Moore switched tones as the star of the well-reviewed RZA-directed heist movie, Cut Throat City (2020), with Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Wesley Snipes, Ethan Hawke, Eiza Gonzalez, Rob Morgan, and Terrence Howard. Moore returned to the role of Miles in the second and third entries, the mega-hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2024), both co-directed by Joaquim dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, with co-writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Personal Details
Shameik Moore was born and raised in Atlanta by parents Errol and Sharon Moore. His family tree has Jamaican roots. Moore schooled and graduated from Druid Hills High School in the Atlanta area. Moore’s height is 5’ 7”.
Filmography
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- 2024 | The GutterasWalt
The Gutter
Walt lands work at bowling alley AlleyCatz. He's pressured to embrace his bowling talent, which sparks backlash from detractors seeking to undermine his sudden pro success.
- 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseasMiles Morales
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
- 2022 |
- 2020 | Cut Throat CityasBlink
Cut Throat City
Set after Hurricane Katrina, four boyhood friends out of options reluctantly accept an offer to pull off a dangerous heist in the heart of New Orleans.
- 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseasMiles Morales
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
- 2015 |
Some Facts About Shameik Moore
Recording Artist: Shameik Moore has a second career as a recording artist, having recorded the album 30058 in 2015, as well as six nonalbum singles from 2016 to 2020, including “Break the Locks” with The Get Down Brothers, a spin-off of the TV show, The Get Down (2016-2017), in which Moore played the character of Shaolin Fantastic.
