Justice Smith

American actor in 'The Get Down'

Justice Smith - American actor in 'The Get Down'
Born

August 9th, 1995
29 years ago

Category

Performers & Entertainers

Country

United States

Links & References

An actor gained recognition through a prominent role in the Netflix series 'The Get Down'. Later starred in the film adaptation of 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu', alongside Ryan Reynolds. Also featured in 'All the Bright Places', based on the novel by Jennifer Niven, and 'Jurassic World: Dominion'.

starred in 'The Get Down'

appeared in 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu'

played a role in 'Jurassic World: Dominion'

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