Ashton Sanders facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ashton Sanders
Sanders at 2016 TIFF
Born	Ashton Durrand Sanders (1995-10-24) October 24, 1995 (age 29) Carson, California, U.S.
Education	DePaul University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Ashton Durrand Sanders (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the teenage character Chiron in the movie Moonlight (2016). This film won an Academy Award, which is a very important movie award. Ashton has also acted in other films like The Equalizer 2 (2017) and Judas and the Black Messiah (2020). He played Bigger Thomas in Native Son (2019) and Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).

Ashton Sanders' Early Life and School

Ashton Sanders was born in Carson, California. This city is located in the United States. He went to Grand Arts High School in Los Angeles. He finished high school there in 2014. After high school, he studied acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University. He left college in 2016 to focus on his acting career.

Ashton Sanders' Acting Career

Ashton Sanders started his acting journey in movies with The Retrieval. This film was directed by Chris Eska. It first showed at the South by Southwest festival on March 11, 2013. The movie was later released in some theaters on April 2, 2014.

In 2015, Ashton had a small part in the movie Straight Outta Compton. The next year, in 2016, he appeared in an episode of a web series called The Skinny.

Breakthrough with Moonlight

The same year, Sanders starred in the drama film Moonlight. Barry Jenkins directed this movie. Moonlight was first shown at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It then began to be shown in some theaters on October 21, 2016.

Moonlight received a lot of praise from critics. It also won many awards. These included the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama. The film also won three Academy Awards. These awards were for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. Many people praised Sanders' acting in the film. A critic from The Guardian newspaper called his performance "powerful."

Other Notable Roles

Ashton Sanders also acted alongside Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 2. This movie was a sequel to the action film The Equalizer. In 2019, Sanders starred in the science fiction thriller movie Captive State. In this film, he acted with John Goodman and Vera Farmiga. He also played the main character in the HBO movie Native Son. This movie was based on a famous book. In September 2021, Sanders was chosen to play Bobby Brown. This role was for the movie Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. This film tells the story of singer Whitney Houston's life.

Ashton Sanders' Film and TV Shows

Here are some of the movies and TV shows Ashton Sanders has been in:

Movies

Television Shows

See also

In Spanish: Ashton Sanders para niños