Malcolm M. Mays

Malcolm M. Mays is an American actor, musician and filmmaker. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles and, at seventeen, made his own short film, which he co-directed and produced with help from producer Todd Black and others at Sony Pictures. He starred in Life of a King (2013) opposite Cuba Gooding Jr.; at the Los Angeles Film Festival, where the movie premiered, Variety called him a natural and a highlight. He then played Gabe in the sports drama Southpaw (2015), directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jake Gyllenhaal. On television he was a series regular on FX's Snowfall as Kevin Hamilton, and in 2021 he joined STARZ's Power Book III: Raising Kanan as Lou Lou. He also writes and performs his own music, releasing the tracks Dichotomy in 2013 and Ruthless in 2015 along with videos he directed.