Luke Tennie

American actor Luke Tennie trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, graduating in 2016. Born in Chicago and raised in Plantation, Florida, he made his screen debut in Rob Reiner's 2017 film Shock and Awe. He then had a leading part in the Syfy action show Deadly Class in 2018, and starred in the Disney+ sports drama Safety in 2020. Since 2023 he has played Sean Mitchell on the Apple TV comedy Shrinking, his best-known part. For that ensemble he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and he was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his supporting work in a new scripted series. In 2024 he appeared in Nickel Boys, which earned a Best Picture Academy Award nomination. He later joined Abbott Elementary in a recurring role, The Pitt for its second season, and was announced for the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.