Jeremy Tardy (born November 7, 1990) is an American actor best known for ''

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'' on

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and

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Career

Jeremy Tardy started acting in theater at the age of five. All throughout his school life he struggled with his grades when he began to focus on acting, saying, "I did not indulge in most things that kids my age were into...The biggest challenge I have faced was the challenge of staying on the right track as a teenager...I have had many friends get caught up in the street life and the trouble that comes with it." Jeremy's hard work earned him acceptance into

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. In 2016, he was cast as Rashid Bakr in the Netflix television adaptation as ''

''. He was cast as

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in ''

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'' on Freeform, but the series would remain unaired before getting cancelled. On September 12, 2020, he left ''Dear White People'' and he will not appear in its final season. Tardy claims Lionsgate did not pay him and was discriminatory towards non-white actors.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tardy, Jeremy 1990 births 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people