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'''Mamoudou Athie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑː|m|ə|d|uː|_|ˈ|ɑː|tʃ|eɪ}} {{respell|MAH|mə|doo|_|AH|chay}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvc0R09IOI&t=1m3s|title=Elizabeth Olsen and Mamoudou Athie navigate grief in 'Sorry for Your Loss'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>) is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 2022 [[Netflix]] horror series ''[[Archive 81]]'' and supporting roles in films including [[Jurassic World Dominion|''Jurassic World: Dominion'']] (2022). He also starred in the 2023 [[Pixar]] film ''[[Elemental (2023 film)|Elemental]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elemental-trailer-pixar-1235356099/|title= ‘Elemental’ Trailer: Pixar Unveils an Eye-Popping New World Where Fire, Earth, Water and Air Co-Exist|work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/elemental-disney-pixar-teaser-trailer/|title=‘Elemental’ Teaser Trailer Introduces Disney-Pixar Audiences to Element City’s Fire, Water, Land and Air Residents (Video)|website=TheWrap}}</ref>
'''Mamoudou Athie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑː|m|ə|d|uː|_|ˈ|ɑː|tʃ|eɪ}} {{respell|MAH|mə|doo|_|AH|chay}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhvc0R09IOI&t=1m3s|title=Elizabeth Olsen and Mamoudou Athie navigate grief in 'Sorry for Your Loss'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 16, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>; November 6, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 2022 [[Netflix]] horror series ''[[Archive 81]]'' and supporting roles in films including [[Jurassic World Dominion|''Jurassic World: Dominion'']] (2022). He also starred in the 2023 [[Pixar]] film ''[[Elemental (2023 film)|Elemental]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elemental-trailer-pixar-1235356099/|title= ‘Elemental’ Trailer: Pixar Unveils an Eye-Popping New World Where Fire, Earth, Water and Air Co-Exist|work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/elemental-disney-pixar-teaser-trailer/|title=‘Elemental’ Teaser Trailer Introduces Disney-Pixar Audiences to Element City’s Fire, Water, Land and Air Residents (Video)|website=TheWrap}}</ref>


Athie began his career in theater—making his [[Broadway debut]] in 2015 in ''The Mystery of Love and Sex'', he subsequently had supporting roles in films like ''[[Patti Cake$]]'' (2017), ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'' (2017), ''[[Unicorn Store]]'' (2017), ''[[The Front Runner (film)|The Front Runner]]'' (2018), and ''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]'' (2020), and in the television series ''[[The Get Down]]'' (2016–2017), [[The Detour (TV series)|''The Detour'']] (2017), ''[[Sorry for Your Loss]]'' (2018–2019), and the [[FXX]] anthology [[Cake (2019 TV series)|''Cake'']] (2019). He had first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Netflix's [[Uncorked (2020 film)|''Uncorked'']] and Amazon's [[Black Box (2020 film)|''Black Box'']].
Athie began his career in theater—making his [[Broadway debut]] in 2015 in ''The Mystery of Love and Sex'', he subsequently had supporting roles in films like ''[[Patti Cake$]]'' (2017), ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'' (2017), ''[[Unicorn Store]]'' (2017), ''[[The Front Runner (film)|The Front Runner]]'' (2018), and ''[[Underwater (film)|Underwater]]'' (2020), and in the television series ''[[The Get Down]]'' (2016–2017), [[The Detour (TV series)|''The Detour'']] (2017), ''[[Sorry for Your Loss]]'' (2018–2019), and the [[FXX]] anthology [[Cake (2019 TV series)|''Cake'']] (2019). He had first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Netflix's [[Uncorked (2020 film)|''Uncorked'']] and Amazon's [[Black Box (2020 film)|''Black Box'']].

Revision as of 00:51, 6 July 2023

Mamoudou Athie
Born (1988-11-06) November 6, 1988 (age 35)
Mauretanien
BildungWilliam Esper Studio
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Mamoudou Athie (/ˈmɑːməduː ˈɑːtʃeɪ/ MAH-mə-doo AH-chay[1]; November 6, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 2022 Netflix horror series Archive 81 and supporting roles in films including Jurassic World: Dominion (2022). He also starred in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental.[2][3]

Athie began his career in theater—making his Broadway debut in 2015 in The Mystery of Love and Sex, he subsequently had supporting roles in films like Patti Cake$ (2017), The Circle (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), The Front Runner (2018), and Underwater (2020), and in the television series The Get Down (2016–2017), The Detour (2017), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and the FXX anthology Cake (2019). He had first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Netflix's Uncorked and Amazon's Black Box.

Athie was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his performance in Cake.[4]

Early life

Athie was born in Mauritania, the son of a diplomat father who received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old.[5] Athie grew up in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.[6][5]

He studied acting at the William Esper Studio in the Two-Year Professional Actor Training Program; he later received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama, from which he graduated in 2014.[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Titel Role Notes
2015 Experimenter Crying Man
2016 Jean of the Joneses Ray Malcom
2017 Patti Cake$ Basterd
One Percent More Humid Jack
The Circle Jared
Unicorn Store Virgil
2018 The Front Runner AJ Parker
2019 Watch Room Nathan Short film
2020 Underwater Rodrigo Nagenda
Uncorked Elijah
Black Box Nolan Wright
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Ramsay Cole
2023 Elemental Wade Ripple (voice)
TBA The Burial † Post-production[8]
And † Filming

Television

Year Titel Role Notes
2015 Madam Secretary Staffer Episode: "The Ninth Circle"
2016 Me & Mean Margaret Charles Unaired television pilot
2016–2017 The Get Down Grandmaster Flash 8 episodes
2017 The Detour Carl 11 episodes
2018–2019 Sorry for Your Loss Matt Greer 20 episodes
2019 Cake Jerome 5 episodes
2019 Oh Jerome, No Jerome 8 episodes
2022 Archive 81 Dan Turner 8 episodes

Video games

Year Titel Role Notes
2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Ramsey Cole Biosyn Dominion expansion

Theater

Selected professional credits[9][7]

Year Titel Role Venue Notes
2012 Tripolitania Xavier Williamstown Theatre Festival
Becoming Sylvia Ensemble
2013 Hamlet Voltimand Yale Repertory Theatre
2014 Generations Boyfriend Soho Repertory Theatre
2015 The Mystery of Love and Sex Jonny Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater Broadway world premiere

References

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Olsen and Mamoudou Athie navigate grief in 'Sorry for Your Loss'". Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "'Elemental' Trailer: Pixar Unveils an Eye-Popping New World Where Fire, Earth, Water and Air Co-Exist". Variety.
  3. ^ "'Elemental' Teaser Trailer Introduces Disney-Pixar Audiences to Element City's Fire, Water, Land and Air Residents (Video)". TheWrap.
  4. ^ "Mamoudou Athie". Television Academy.
  5. ^ a b "Mamoudou Athie Gets His Big Break In 'Patti Cake$'". August 18, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Brown, Emma (June 7, 2017). "Mamoudou Athie". Interview Magazine.
  7. ^ a b "Yale School of Drama | The Showcase of the Class of 2014 | Mamoudou Athie". ysd.yale.edu. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  8. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 1, 2022). "'Jurassic World Dominion' Star Mamoudou Athie Joins Amazon Studios' 'The Burial'". Deadline Hollywood.
  9. ^ "Mamoudou Athie theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
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