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Mamoudou Athie
Athie in 2019
Born1988 (age 35–36)
Mauritania
NationalityAmerican
EducationWilliam Esper Studio
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Mamoudou Athie (/ˈmɑːməduː ˈɑːtʃeɪ/ MAH-mə-doo AH-chay;[1] born 1988)[4] is an American actor. He began his career in theater— starring Off-Broadway in 2015 in The Mystery of Love and Sex, he subsequently had supporting roles in films Patti Cake$ (2017), The Circle (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), The Front Runner (2018), Underwater (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), The Burial (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024), and in the television series The Get Down (2016–2017), The Detour (2017), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and the FXX anthology Cake (2019). He had his first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022). He also had a voice role in the Pixar animated film Elemental (2023).[5][6][7]

Athie was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his performance in Cake.[8]

Early life

Athie was born in Mauritania, the son of a diplomat father who received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old.[9] Athie grew up in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.[10][9]

He studied acting at the William Esper Studio in the Two-Year Professional Actor Training Program; he later received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama, from which he graduated in 2014.[10][11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Experimenter Crying Man
2016 Jean of the Joneses Ray Malcom
2017 Patti Cake$ Basterd
One Percent More Humid Jack
The Circle Jared
Unicorn Store Virgil
2018 The Front Runner AJ Parker
2019 Watch Room Nathan Short film
2020 Underwater Rodrigo Nagenda
Uncorked Elijah
Black Box Nolan Wright
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Ramsay Cole
2023 Elemental Wade Ripple Voice role
The Burial Hal Dockins
The Boy and the Heron Parakeet Voice role (English dub)
2024 Kinds of Kindness Will / Neil / Morgue nurse
An Almost Christmas Story Pelly Voice role; short film
TBA By Design[12] Post-production
The Drama Filming
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Madam Secretary Staffer Episode: "The Ninth Circle"
2016 Me & Mean Margaret Charles Unsold pilot
2016–2017 The Get Down Grandmaster Flash Recurring role
2017 The Detour Carl Recurring role (season 2)
2018–2019 Sorry for Your Loss Matt Greer Main cast
2019 Cake Jerome Recurring role (season 1)
Oh Jerome, No Main cast, miniseries
2022 Archive 81 Dan Turner Main cast
2023 Strange Planet Being #1 (voice) Episode: "Key Change"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Ramsey Cole Biosyn Dominion expansion

Theater

Selected professional credits[13][11]

Year Title Role Venue
2012 Tripolitania Xavier Williamstown Theatre Festival
Becoming Sylvia Ensemble
2013 Hamlet Voltimand Yale Repertory Theatre
2014 Generations Boyfriend Soho Repertory Theatre
2015 The Mystery of Love and Sex Jonny Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
2024 Good Bones Travis Public Theatre

References

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Olsen and Mamoudou Athie navigate grief in 'Sorry for Your Loss'". Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2019. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Robinson, Will (May 20, 2015). "Netflix adds Grandmaster Flash for Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, finds actor to play young rapper". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Ford, Rebecca, ed. (November 8, 2017). "Next Gen Talent 2017: Hollywood's Rising Stars 35 and Under". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Athie's age of 27 in May 2015[2] and 28 in November 2017[3] place his year of birth in 1988.
  5. ^ "'Elemental' Trailer: Pixar Unveils an Eye-Popping New World Where Fire, Earth, Water and Air Co-Exist". Variety. November 17, 2022. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "'Elemental' Teaser Trailer Introduces Disney-Pixar Audiences to Element City's Fire, Water, Land and Air Residents (Video)". TheWrap. November 17, 2022. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  7. ^ Radulovic, Petrana (May 16, 2023). "How The Good Dinosaur's director found his perfect Elemental cast". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Mamoudou Athie". Television Academy. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Mamoudou Athie Gets His Big Break In 'Patti Cake$'". August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Brown, Emma (June 7, 2017). "Mamoudou Athie". Interview Magazine. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Yale School of Drama | The Showcase of the Class of 2014 | Mamoudou Athie". ysd.yale.edu. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  12. ^ Juliette Lewis & Mamoudou Athie To Topline Body Swap Pic ‘By Design’ From Amanda Kramer
  13. ^ "Mamoudou Athie theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2022.


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