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Jonathan Michael Majors (born September 7, 1989)Majors in is an American actor. He rose to prominence after starring in the independent feature film ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' (2019). In 2020, he garnered wider notice for portraying Atticus Freeman in the HBO television series ''Lovecraft Country''. He appears as He Who Remains in the Disney+ series ''Loki'' (2021), and will appear as another version of that character, Kang the Conqueror in the film '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'' (2023). He starred as Jesse Brown in the film ''Devotion'' (2022).

Early life

Majors was born in Lompoc, California, and spent his early years living with his family—his mother, a pastor, his older sister, Monica, and younger brother, Cameron—on the Vandenberg military base, due to his father being in the Air Force. Majors said in 2020 that, "Our father, who loved us dearly, just kind of disappeared one day ... and he resurfaced 17 years later." Majors has since reconnected with his father. The family soon moved to Dallas, Texas. Majors subsequently lived in Georgetown, Texas, outside of Austin, Texas, and later grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas. After transferring from Cedar Hill High School, he graduated from Duncanville High School in 2008.

As a teenager, Majors faced numerous struggles: he was arrested for shoplifting, suspended from high school for getting into a fight, and at one point he lived in his car while working two jobs to make ends meet. He eventually found a "safe space" in the world of theatre.

Majors studied for his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and later attended the Yale School of Drama; he graduated with an MFA degree in 2016.

Career

Majors secured his first onscreen role in the ABC miniseries '' When We Rise'' while still a student at Yale. In the series, Majors portrayed real-life gay activist Ken Jones; as part of his research for the role, he met with Jones before playing him.

That same year, Majors appeared in his first feature film role as Corporal Henry Woodson in the revisionist Western film '' Hostiles'', written and directed by Scott Cooper. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2017. It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017. More roles followed, in the 2018 films '' White Boy Rick'' and ''Out of Blue.'' Both of these films screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, with the latter competing for the Platform Prize.

In 2019, Majors rose to prominence after starring in Joe Talbot's critically acclaimed independent feature film ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'', for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019. It was released by A24 in the United States on June 7, 2019. Former President of the United States Barack Obama rated it as one of the best films of 2019. Majors's performance was praised by critics: Manohla Dargis of '' The New York Times'' called his performance "a mournful heartbreaker", while '' Rolling Stone'' described his turn as "both deeply sensitive and charmingly left-of-center".

Majors also appeared in three other 2019 film releases: ''Captive State'', ''Gully'', and ''Jungleland''.

In 2020, Majors starred alongside Chadwick Boseman and Delroy Lindo in Spike Lee's war drama film '' Da 5 Bloods'', which was released on Netflix. That year, he also garnered wider notice for portraying Atticus Freeman in the HBO television series ''Lovecraft Country''. His performance in ''Lovecraft Country'' was favorably reviewed by critics; '' Vogue'' dubbed him "the emotional core of the show". In September, Majors was cast as villain Kang the Conqueror in the '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania''. He debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series ''Loki'' as "He Who Remains", a variant of Kang. He will also play Kang in '' Avengers: The Kang Dynasty'', set for a release date on May 2, 2025.

In 2021, Majors starred as the lead actor in Jeymes Samuel's directorial debut film ''The Harder They Fall,'' acting alongside Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King and Delroy Lindo.

Personal life

Majors has one child, a daughter.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Majors, Jonathan
1989 births
21st-century American male actors
African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from California
Male actors from Dallas
People from Lompoc, California
University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
Yale School of Drama alumni
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people