Algee Smith
Biography
Algee Smith is an American actor and singer who began acting as a child after his family moved from Saginaw, Michigan, to Atlanta. He took small television roles before his breakthrough as singer Ralph Tresvant in BET's The New Edition Story, a part that also showed off his singing and dancing. In 2017 he appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit, drawing praise from critics and earning a 2018 NAACP Image Award nomination as outstanding actor in a motion picture, and he recorded the song Grow for its soundtrack. He released a debut EP, Listen, that same year. Other credits include Let It Shine (2012), Earth to Echo (2014), The Hate U Give (2018), the series Euphoria as football player Chris McKay, Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Mother/Android (2021).
31years old
Turns 32 on November 7in 16 days
- Born Saginaw
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 14 years2012 to 2026
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Big break
After appearing in Let It Shine and Earth to Echo, Smith took on his first major acting part as the real singer Ralph Tresvant in The New Edition Story, which also let him show off his singing and dancing.
Beyond film
Smith put out his debut EP, Listen, on June 22, 2017. The release mixed together tracks from the R&B and Hip hop genres.
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