Khris Davis

Actor

Birthdate: December 21, 1987 (38 Years Old)

Birthplace: Lakewood, CA

Khris Davis (birthname: Khristopher Adrian Davis) is a rising actor, launching his big-screen career in director Kathryn Bigelow’s much-discussed Detroit (2017), with John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, John Krasinski, and Anthony Mackie. Davis joined the ensemble of director-producer Joseph Cross and writer Jordan Joliff’s rom-com, Summer Night (2019), with Ellar Coltrane and Ian Nelson, followed by writer-director Sam de Jong’s Goldie (2019), starring Slick Woods and premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Director-co-writer Shaka King cast Davis in his remarkable Black Panther drama, Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, and Martin Sheen, earning six Oscar nominations, including best picture, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Davis’ first voice performance was opposite NBA superstar (and producer) LeBron James, Don Cheadle, and Zendaya in the animated commercial bomb, Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).

Davis’s first major starring role was as boxing superstar GeorgeForemann in Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (2023), with Jasmine Mathews, John Magaro, and Forest Whitaker, released by Sony Pictures.

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Personal life

Khris Davis attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Cheyney University, where he studied acting (particularly the Stanislavski method) and graduated cum laude in 2009. and then studied the Meisner Technique at Walnut Street Theater. Davis is not married.

Known For

Big George Foreman

George Foreman (2023)

Detroit

Blind Pig Patron (2017)

Judas and the Black Messiah

Steel (2021)

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Malik (2021)

Awards

Nominee, Best Ensemble-Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards (2019).

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2026 |
Atonement
Atonement
2026
War, Drama
A troubled marine seeks to reconcile with the survivors of an Iraqi family he and his unit fired on back in 2003.
asLeray
2023 |
Big George Foreman
Big George Foreman
2023
Biography, Drama, Sport
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.
asGeorge Foreman
2021 |
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with the Looney Tunes to win a basketball game.
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asMalik
2021 |
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
Biography, Drama, History
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
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asSteel
2020 |
Goldie
Goldie
2020
Drama
A teenager in a family shelter wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer. A story about displaced youth, ambition. and strength.
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asJay
2017 |
Detroit
Detroit
2017
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
asBlind Pig Patron

Facts About Khris Davis

Theatre Acclaim: Khris Davis had a phenomenal New York stage debut, in The Royale, produced at Lincoln Center Theatre, with Davis winning the Obie and Theatre World awards for his performance. Stage Prowess: Davis has had a successful New York theater career, performing in such productions as Sweat (2017), Fireflies (2018), and as Biff in Death of a Salesman (2022), starring Wendell Berry.