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(Top) 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links

Skylan Brooks

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Skylan Brooks
Born	February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12) (age 25) Torrance, California United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Notable work	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Skylan Brooks (born February 12, 1999) is an American actor, best known for playing Mister in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete.

Early life

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In 2013, Brooks played the title role of Mister in the drama film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete along with Ethan Dizon, Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Hudson, and the film was directed by George Tillman, Jr.^[2] The film was released on October 11, 2013 by Lionsgate Entertainment. Brooks was highly praised by media and film critics.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Brooks played the role of Ra-Ra in the Netflix musical series The Get Down.^[4] In 2018, he also played Charles "Chubs" Meriwether in The Darkest Minds.

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Van Pelt Family	Boy with Steering Wheel	Short film
2008	Seven Pounds	Choir Kid
2008	Who's Boo?	Evan	Short film
2010	Our Family Wedding	Buddy Boyd
2010	Ships Wrecked Cove	Carlton	Short film
2010	Stanley	Casey	Short film
2011	Duck	Emmanuel	Short film
2012	A Beautiful Soul	Young Andre Stevens
2012	Noobz	Chomomma
2012	General Education	Charles
2013	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete	Mister
2014	Oliver, Stoned.	Thomas
2015	Southpaw	Hoppy
2015	Reveille	Boy	Short film
2015	Montford Point Marines Honor	Jamal	Short film
2018	The Darkest Minds	Chubs
2018	Bloom		Short film
2019	Boy Genius	Luke
2020	Archenemy	Hamster
2022	Outsiders	Jaylen Brown

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	iCarly	Danny Peterson	1 episode
2011	Childrens Hospital	Boy	1 episode
2013	Revealed	Himself	1 episode
2013	Chelsea Lately	Himself	1 episode
2013	Made in Hollywood	Himself	1 episode
2013	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	1 episode
2013	FTS Kids Radio Show	Special Guest	1 episode
2016	The Get Down	Ra-Ra Kipling	Lead role
2018–2020	Empire	Quincy	Recurring role

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Year!	Award!	Category!	Work	Result!	Ref.(s)
2014	Young Artist Award	Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete	Nominated	^[5]

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^ ^a ^b HERNDON, JESSICA (October 10, 2013). "Kid stars of 'Mister & Pete' show impressive range". yahoo.com. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

^ HERNDON, JESSICA (October 10, 2013). "Child Actors In 'The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete' Are Incredibly Impressive". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

^ Pedersen, Erik (April 9, 2015). "Baz Luhrmann's Hip-Hop Drama For Netflix Casts Four Leads". deadline.com. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

^ "35th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

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