- Attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia as a business major-turned-actor in the early 2000s, and received his master's degree from Yale School of Drama.
- Nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in "Lobby Hero" in 2018.
- Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for his role as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles in Atlanta (2016), but lost to Henry Winkler from Barry (2018).
- Has four sisters.
- His mother, Willow Deane Kearse, was killed in a car accident in May 2016.
- Shares a birthday with Chloé Zhao who directed him in Eternals (2021).
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