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Keith Stanfield

Keith Stanfield

27 movies on Netflix

Biography

LaKeith Stanfield is an American actor and musician who grew up in Riverside and Victorville, California, and took up acting as a teenager through his high school drama club. He first appeared on screen in Destin Daniel Cretton's short film Short Term 12 and was the only cast member to return for the feature version, his first feature part, which brought him an Independent Spirit Award nomination. He went on to play Snoop Dogg in Straight Outta Compton (2015) and to appear in The Purge: Anarchy (2014), Selma, Get Out (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Uncut Gems (2019) and Knives Out (2019). His role as the FBI informant William O'Neal in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in Atlanta, winning a Black Reel Award for Television, and in The Changeling (2023), and performs music as Htiekal and with the band Moors.

35years old

Turns 36 on August 12in 275 days

  • Born San Bernardino
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as LaKeith Lee Stanfield and Lakeith Stanfield

Movie Career

Films
27
Career span
13 years2013 to 2026

Genres

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  1. Getting ready for a role

    Stanfield was the sole actor in both the short and feature versions of Short Term 12, his first feature film role. He practiced method acting during production, keeping apart from the cast like his character.

  2. About the name

    Stanfield uses the stage name Htiekal, which is his first name spelled backwards. He is also in the band Moors, alongside Hrishikesh Hirway of Song Exploder.

  3. Early training

    Stanfield became interested in acting when he was 14, after he joined the drama club at his high school. He went on to the John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center in Los Angeles, signed with a talent agency there, and started trying out for commercials.

Keith Stanfield movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Uncut Gems2019 Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Demany

    IMDb rating 7.4362K votes

  2. Knives Out2019 Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thrilleras Lieutenant Elliott

    IMDb rating 7.9891K votes

  3. Get Out2017as Andre Logan King

    IMDb rating 7.8838K votes

  4. Judas and the Black Messiah2021as Bill O'Neal

    IMDb rating 7.4116K votes

  5. Sorry to Bother You2018as Cassius Green

    IMDb rating 6.996K votes

  6. Death Note2017as L

    IMDb rating 4.597K votes

  7. Roofman2025as Steve

    IMDb rating 6.988K votes

  8. Straight Outta Compton2015as Snoop

    IMDb rating 7.8236K votes

Most often with

Boots Riley directed two of these films, Jeymes Samuel two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Rosario Dawson, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Rosario DawsonLil Rel Howery, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Lil Rel HoweryRJ Cyler, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with RJ CylerDanny Glover, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Danny GloverMartin Sheen, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Martin SheenJamie Lee Curtis, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jamie Lee CurtisBoots RileyDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Boots RileyJeymes SamuelDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Jeymes Samuel

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Box office

What Keith Stanfield's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.2 billion

17 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 27 films: 17 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 5Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 1Figure not found

Top grosser

Knives Out2019as Lieutenant Elliott$313 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Knives Out2019as Lieutenant Elliott
    $313M25.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Get Out2017as Andre Logan King
    $255M20.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Straight Outta Compton2015as Snoop
    $202M16.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Haunted Mansion2023as Ben Matthias
    $117M9.5% of the total
  5. 5
    The Purge: Anarchy2014as Young Ghoul Face
    $112M9.1% of the total
  6. 6
    Uncut Gems2019as Demany
    $50M4.1% of the total
  7. 7
    Snowden2016as Patrick Haynes
    $37M3.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The Girl in the Spider's Web2018as Ed Needham
    $35M2.8% of the total
Roofman (2025), $34.9 millionThe Photograph (2020), $20.7 millionSorry to Bother You (2018), $18.2 millionDie, My Love (2025), $11.7 millionI Love Boosters (2026), $9.2 millionJudas and the Black Messiah (2021), $6.4 millionThe Book of Clarence (2023), $6.2 millionMiles Ahead (2016), $3.5 millionShort Term 12 (2013), $1.6 million

$112 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total

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