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Raymond Ablack (born November 15, 1989) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He began his career in the early 2000s as a
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on stage, performing as Young Simba in ''
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'' at the
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. He later gained recognition for playing
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in the
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television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (2007–2011). From 2014 to 2017, Ablack starred in the
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''
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''; he was nominated for an International Academy of Web Television Award and won an
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for his performance in 2016. He is also known for his supporting roles in the television series ''
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'' (2013–2016), '' Narcos'' (2017), ''
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'' (2016–2018), '' Burden of Truth'' (2019), '' Ginny & Georgia'' (2021), and '' Maid'' (2021).


Early life

Ablack was born and raised by
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parents in
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,
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. Growing up, he played in a competitive
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league. He has three siblings: two younger sisters, Cassandra and Rebecca, and a younger brother, Jared. Rebecca Ablack is also an actress and she was featured alongside him in '' Ginny & Georgia'' (2021).


Career

As a
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, Ablack appeared in television commercials and
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. In 2001, he won the role of Young Simba in the theatre production of ''
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'' at the
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in Toronto. He performed the role for one year. Years later, in 2007, Ablack achieved international exposure when he was cast in the recurring role of
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on the long-running Canadian television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. He starred on the show for five years and appeared in more than 100 episodes. During this time, Ablack also had a guest spot on the television series ''
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''. Since his time on ''Degrassi'', Ablack has worked on several productions, including recurring roles in the
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television series ''
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'', the Syfy series '' Defiance'', and the Freeform series ''
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''. In addition to working as an actor, Ablack sometimes writes and performs stand-up comedy in Toronto. Ablack's first role in a feature-length film came in 2013 with the release of the independent feature film ''
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'' (2013), which received mixed reviews from critics upon release. From 2014 to 2017, Ablack portrayed Gabriel in the
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''
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.'' In 2016, for his performance in the second season of ''Teenagers'', Ablack won an
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for Best Supporting Actor – Drama. For his performance in the third and final season, Ablack was nominated for an International Academy of Web Television Award, in 2017, and a second Indie Series Award, in 2018. Ablack played the recurring role of DEA Agent Stoddard in the third season of the critically acclaimed
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series '' Narcos'', which premiered on the streaming platform in 2017. In 2019, he played the recurring role of Sunil Doshi in '' Burden of Truth''. That year, he also appeared alongside
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,
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, and
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in the American
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.'' The film had its world premiere at the
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on April 27, 2019. In August 2019, ''
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'' announced that Ablack would be featured in the forthcoming
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series ''Ginny & Georgia''. ''Ginny & Georgia'' premiered on February 24, 2021. Ablack starred as Joe, a restaurant owner and one of Georgia's love interests; he appeared in all 10 episodes of the series. That year, Ablack also played a supporting role in the Netflix miniseries '' Maid'', which was released on October 1, 2021. His performance and physique in the series, specifically a scene in which he appears topless while wearing a
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, attracted considerable attention on social media, with '' Marie Claire'' writing that "the Canadian actor has become our favorite Netflix heartthrob." In November 2021, he was cast in a romantic comedy feature film called ''Love in the Villa'', also produced by Netflix.


Charity work

Ablack has done extensive
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work throughout his career, mostly through ''Degrassi'', including school-building missions with Me to We and
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. In 2007, Ablack traveled to Africa with five other ''Degrassi'' cast members to build a school in
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and, in 2008, he travelled again with his cast members to do charity work in
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. A documentary of Ablack and his cast mates' trip aired on MTV in Canada. In 2010, he travelled with his fellow ''Degrassi'' cast mates to
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to help build schools.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ablack, Raymond 1989 births Living people 21st-century Canadian comedians 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male actors of Indian descent Canadian male comedians Canadian male television actors Canadian people of Guyanese descent Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian stand-up comedians Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts alumni Comedians from Toronto Male actors from Toronto