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Eli Goree
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Goree in 2011
Born (1994-05-26) May 26, 1994 (age 29)
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000–present
Known for The 100, Riverdale

Eli Goree (born May 26, 1994) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Quincy in HBO's Ballers, Malik in Da Kink in My Hair (2007–2009), Wells Jaha in the post-apocalyptic drama show The 100 (2014–2017), Joel Goodson in the supernatural horror show Dead of Summer, and Cassius Clay in Regina King's biographical drama film One Night in Miami... (2020). In 2018, he started a recurring role on the CW's TV series Riverdale, where he plays Munroe "Mad Dog" Moore.

Biography

Goree grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was raised by a single mother. He began his acting career at age six in Sesame Park, the Canadian version of Sesame Street. In 2003, he hosted The Big Black Rap Show on the Dalhousie University campus radio station CKDU-FM. In 2006, he became one of the hosts for the last season of the CBC TV series Street Cents. In the same year, he also began working as a freelancing journalist for Canada Now.

Goree is a graduate of Prince Andrew High School.

From 2007 to 2009, he was cast as Malik in popular Global TV series Da Kink in My Hair. He also appeared in the Vision TV series Soul.

On stage, Goree played the lead role of Jake in the 2009 critically acclaimed play Secrets of a Black Boy.

Between 2010 and 2013, he appeared in the mockumentary Pure Pwnage as well as guest roles in The CW's fantasy horror series Supernatural, The CW's medical drama Emily Owens, M.D., Showcase's sci-fi miniseries Eve of Destruction and CTV's police crime drama Motive.

In 2014, he was cast as Wells Jaha, one of the main characters in the first season of The CW's post-apocalyptic drama show The 100.

His first significant role in a feature film was in the 2016 sports-drama film Race.

Goree played Joel, one of the main characters in the Freeform horror drama Dead of Summer.

He appeared as Conner, an amputee war veteran, in the Amazon Prime Video science fiction series The Peripheral.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Roles
2014 Godzilla PO No. 3
2016 Race Dave Albritton
2020 One Night in Miami... Cassius Clay
2021 The Guilty Rick (voice)

Television

Year Title Roles Notes
2006 North/South Tyson Unknown episodes
2006 Enough Dakota Television short
2009 Soul Samson 4 episodes
2009 Flashpoint Jermaine Episode: "Aisle 13"
2009 Da Kink in My Hair Malik 13 episodes
2010 Pure Pwnage Tyrel 6 episodes
2012 Supernatural Marcus Episode: "The Born-Again Identity"
2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story Carl Tyson 1987 Television film
2012–2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Intern Bowman 4 episodes
2013 Eve of Destruction Madhatter53 2 episodes
2013 Motive Graeme the Caretaker Episode: "Fallen Angel"
2014 Far From Home Rudy Television film
2014 The 100 Wells Jaha Main (season 1), guest (season 2); 5 episodes
2015 Christmas Truce Jensen Television film
2016 Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart Darryl Simmons Television film
2016 Heartbeat Thomas Episode: "Pilot"
2016 Legends of Tomorrow James Jackson Episode: "Last Refuge"
2016 Dead of Summer Joel Goodson Main, 9 episodes
2018 GLOW Ernest Dawson Episode: "Mother of All Matches"
2018 Ballers Quincy Carter Recurring (season 4); 6 episodes
2018–2020 Riverdale Munroe "Mad Dog" Moore Recurring (season 3-4); 13 episodes
2019 Pearson Derrick Mayes Television show
2022 The Peripheral Conner Penske Main

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2006 Gemini Awards Best Youth Non Fiction Series Street Cents Nominated
2008 Best Ensamble Cast Da Kink In My Hair Nominated
2009 Young Artist Awards Best Actor in a TV Series Soul Nominated
2016 UBCP/ACTRA Awards Best Actor Race Nominated
2017 Leo Award Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture Won
2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture One Night in Miami... Nominated

See also

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