LaKeith Stanfield is an American actor, producer, and musician. He was born on August 12, 1991 in San Bernardino, California, and he currently lives in Los Angeles.
Stanfield made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Selma (2014), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Stanfield has also appeared in the films Dope (2015), Get Out (2017), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), The Photograph (2020) and The Harder They Fall (2021), and starred in the series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he won a Black Reel Award for Television. He has also been nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Gotham Award, two Satellite Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Black Reel Awards.
Stanfield also performs under the stage name Htiekal and is currently working on his debut album, Self Control. He is a member of a band named Moors.
