Biography
LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Get Out (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stanfield has also appeared in the fil...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Die My Love
2025
as Karl
A woman living in a remote rural area is driven to the brink of insanity by marriage and motherhood.

Roofman
2025
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman....

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2024
as Ernest Cole (voice)
More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever...

The Book of Clarence
2024
as Clarence/Thomas
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by th...

Haunted Mansion
2023
as Ben Matthias
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

The Harder They Fall
2021
as Cherokee Bill
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
as Bill O'Neal
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—fal...

The Photograph
2020
as Michael Block
When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a...

Knives Out
2019
as Lieutenant Elliott
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit B...

Uncut Gems
2019
as Demany
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of...

Someone Great
2019
as Nate Davis
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To n...

Let's Dance
2018
as Segment: "Lunch Break"
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday charact...

The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018
as Edwin Needham
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web ...

Time of Day
2018
as Self
Shot over the course of six weeks on 16mm film by Greek cinematographer, Thimios Bakatakis (The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer), the new rag...

Sorry to Bother You
2018
as Cassius Green
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him i...

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018
as George
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

Come Sunday
2018
as Reggie
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Quest
2017
as Diego
A non-romantic true love story between a humble teacher who believes there is no such thing as a bad kid, only a bad situation, and an abused 12 year ...

Death Note
2017
as L
Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Crown Heights
2017
as Colin Warner
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

Moonlight
2017
as Chandler
A look at an all-Black cast reboot of the TV show "Friends".

War Machine
2017
as Cpl. Billy Cole
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true stor...

LaZercism
2017
as Himself
Ask your doctor if LaZercism is right for you.

Get Out
2017
as Andre Logan King
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as ner...

The Incredible Jessica James
2017
as Damon
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.

Snowden
2016
as Patrick Haynes
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Live Cargo
2016
as Lewis
Nadine and Lewis move to a small Bahamian island hoping to restore their relationship in the wake of a tragedy, only to find the picturesque island to...

Memoria
2016
as Max
Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists...

Miles Ahead
2016
as Junior
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Tracks
2015
as Lawrence
An amateur skateboarder is left to care for his girlfriend's young daughter on the day of a championship tournament.

King Ripple
2015
as King Ripple
Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.

Straight Outta Compton
2015
as Snoop Dogg
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in Am...

Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015
as Dorian Johnson
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case dramatizes and juxtaposes the grand jury transcripts of two key witnesses in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager Mi...

Dope
2015
as Bug
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A ch...

Selma
2014
as Jimmie Lee Jackson
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...
The Fires, Howling
2014
as The Staying One
At the time of the fire's burning, a young man heads over the hills away.

The Purge: Anarchy
2014
as Young Goul Face
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of ...
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
2014
as Self
A behind the scenes from film Short Term 12
Waves
2014

Short Term 12
2013
as Marcus
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled ...

Short Term 12
2008
as Mark
A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watc...
Play Dirty
N/A
as Grofield
Based on the professional thief character Parker, created by Donald E. Westlake. Premise TBA.
El Paso, Elsewhere
N/A
as James Savage
Recovering from a toxic relationship, James Savage confronts both his inner demons and enigmatic ex-girlfriend, Janet, before she executes a world-end...

Lear Rex
N/A
as Edmund
An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.
Untitled Fairy Tale Project
N/A
A princess's spell from her fairy godmother has unintended consequences for the fairy tale universe.

I Love Boosters
N/A
A ring of enterprising boosters (aka shoplifters, equal opportunists) take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.

Prince of Cats
N/A
An 80s hip-hop retelling of Shakespeare's timeless classic "Romeo and Juliet". Tybalt and his Capulet crew navigate a violent Brooklyn neighnourhood w...
The Wrong Girls
N/A
Two aimless young women inadvertently gain telepathic abilities after ingesting an experimental drug, pitting them against dangerous rivals pursuing t...
Notes From a Young Black Chef
N/A
as Kwame Onwuachi
Upcoming film from A24 Based on Kwame Onwuachi's memoir which tells his unprecedented journey from childhood in the Bronx with a mostly single mother ...
El Paso, Elsewhere
N/A
Producer
Recovering from a toxic relationship, James Savage confronts both his inner demons and enigmatic ex-girlfriend, Janet, before she executes a world-end...