Justin Michael Cornwell (born November 5, 1988) is an American actor, writer and musician best known for playing Young Jeronicus Jangle in the hit Netflix original movie '' Jingle Jangle,'' Marcus Hargreeves in

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and Kyle Craig in the

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crime drama, ''

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'', based on the

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of the same name.

Early life and education

Cornwell was born in

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to Sidney Cornwell and Robin Bodiford. However, he was primarily raised in

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and

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. At age 10, he relocated with his mother and stepfather Jackie Herring (died 2009) to Louisville where he was encouraged to pursue art after first showing an interest in grade school. He graduated from Eastern High School where he participated in chorus and school plays. He was named as a premier student artist at the

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. He attended the

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where he continued studying acting. Cornwell relocated to

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in 2011 to pursue his acting career.

Career

Cornwell found work at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre where he appeared in "Othello the Remix", "A Mid Summers Night Dream" and other Chicago theatre productions shortly after being signed by Gray Talent Group. While constantly working in theater and on the crew of TV shows Justin booked appearances in commercials for

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and the Ohio Lottery. In 2014, Cornwell appeared in an episode of the

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crime drama, "''

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"''. In 2015, he appeared in an episode of Fox's hit musical drama, ''

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'' and later had an uncredited appearance in

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's ''" Chi-Raq"''. In March 2016, Cornwell was cast in the pilot for the

drama '' "Training Day"'', based on the

of the same name. It went to series but was cancelled after the untimely death of Cornwell's co-lead

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, airing all 13 episodes of its sole season. In 2017 Cornwell was cast in the

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limited series "'' I Am the Night"'', produced by Patty Jenkins and

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, which aired its limited run in January 2019. That same year also saw Cornwell star in the

supernatural crime drama, "''

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"'', which ended its run after only one season. In the fall of 2020 Cornwell appeared in the event musical "'' Jingle Jangle"'' for

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as young Jeronicus Jangle performing the opening song ''This Day'' in the film. In January of 2021 it was announced that Cornwell would be joining the season 3 of hit

series ''" The Umbrella Academy (TV series)"'' as the leader of an alternate group of super powered siblings called the Sparrow Academy. As of June 2021 Cornwell was announced as a lead in Gareth Evans Netflix action thriller "

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" starring alongside Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker.

Personal life

Justin married his longtime girlfriend Lindsey Jones on 7 September 2019.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Video games

References

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Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell and Others Join Tom Hardy in Netflix Action Thriller ‘Havoc’ (EXCLUSIVE) By Rebecca Rubin, Patrick Frater

External links

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