Jessie Usher’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Actor
Is Actor 
Television actor 
Film actor 
From United States of America 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 29 February 1992, Maryland, USA
Age: 28 years
Star sign Pisces

Jessie T. Usher Jr. (born February 29, 1992) is an American actor. He starred as Cam Calloway on the Starz television series, Survivor’s Remorse. He previously played Lyle on Level Up. In 2014, he appeared in When the Game Stands Tall and the voice of American Boy in Teenage. In 2016, Usher co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence. He is part of the main cast of Amazon Prime Video’s original series The Boys which is based on the comic book series of the same name playing A-Train.

Early life and education

Usher was born the son of Jessie T. and Judith Usher in Maryland. Usher first showed an interest in acting at the age of five after his sister Jesstia booked a TV commercial. His first acting job was an Oscar Mayer commercial. In 2003, the family relocated to Los Angeles to help further Usher’s career. He graduated from high school at the age of 15. Usher joined Alpha Gamma Sigma and studied culinary arts in community college.

Career

Usher’s first professional acting job was in an episode of CBS’s Without a Trace in 2005. In 2007, he appeared in an episode of the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana. In 2011, Usher starred in the Cartoon Network television film Level Up. The film spawned a television series in which Usher would reprise his role as Lyle Hugginson which lasted two seasons. He later voiced American Boy in the 2013 documentary Teenage. In 2014, Usher appeared in the film When the Game Stands Tall. In March 2014, Usher was cast as the lead in Survivor’s Remorse, executive produced by NBA superstar LeBron James. The series premiered in October 2014.

In 2016, Usher appeared in the sequel to the 1996 film Independence Day opposite Bill Pullman, Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum. Later that year, Usher co-starred in the Christmas themed comedy-drama Almost Christmas opposite Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise. In 2019, Usher played the lead in a sequel to the 1971 film Shaft, starring as the son of Samuel L. Jackson’s character from the 2000 film, and the great-nephew of the original Shaft, played by Richard Roundtree.

In January 2018, it was announced that Usher has been cast as A-Train in the Amazon Studios show The Boys, which is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic book with the same name.

In April 2020, he starred with Camila Mendes in the Netflix film Dangerous Lies.

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