Mamoudou Athie

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

Mamoudou Athie (/ˈmɑːməd ˈɑː/ 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]

  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.