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.