Jussie Smollett
Jussie Smollett
21.06.1982 (42 years) (Santa Rosa, California, USA)
Jussie Smollett ( JUSS-ee, born June 21, 1982) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a child actor in 1987 acting in films including The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Rob Reiner's North (1994). In 2015, Smollett portrayed musician Jamal Lyon in the Fox drama series Empire, a role that was hailed as groundbreaking for its positive depiction of a black gay man on television. Smollett has also appeared in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien: Covenant (2017) as Ricks and in Marshall (2017) as Langston Hughes. Smollett was indicted on February 20, 2019, for disorderly conduct consisting of allegedly paying two Nigerian-American brothers to stage a fake hate crime assault on him and filing a false police report. Prosecutors dropped the charges on March 26, 2019, in return for Smollett performing community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bond. Shortly thereafter the city of Chicago filed suit against Smollett for the cost of overtime that authorities expended investigating the alleged attack, totaling $130,105.15. Responding in court filings, Smollett alleged he was the victim of "mass public ridicule and harm" and argued he should not be made to reimburse the city for the cost of the investigation. On February 11, 2020, after further investigation by a special prosecutor was completed, Smollett was indicted again by a Cook County grand jury on six counts pertaining to making four false police reports.