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Majors in 2018
Born	Jonathan Michael Majors (1989-09-07) September 7, 1989 (age 35) Lompoc, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present
Partner(s)	Meagan Good (2023–present; engaged)
Children	1

Jonathan Michael Majors (born September 7, 1989) is an American actor. He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama. Majors became well-known for his roles in movies like The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) and Da 5 Bloods (2020). He also starred in the HBO series Lovecraft Country (2020). For this role, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Majors has played many different characters. He was Nat Love in the western film The Harder They Fall (2021). He also played Jesse L. Brown in the war movie Devotion (2022). In the sports film Creed III (2023), he was the character Dame Anderson. He also appeared as Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). He played other versions of this character in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023).

Early Life

Jonathan Majors was born in Lompoc, California. He spent his early childhood living on the Vandenberg military base. His father was in the Air Force. His family included his mother, who was a pastor, his older sister Monica, and younger brother Cameron.

Majors shared that his father disappeared for many years but they later reconnected. His family moved to Dallas, Texas. He also lived in Georgetown, Texas, and grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas. He finished high school at Duncanville High School in 2008.

As a teenager, Majors faced some challenges. He found a "safe space" in theatre. He studied for his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Later, he earned his master's degree from the Yale School of Drama in 2016.

Career Highlights

Early Acting Roles

Majors got his first TV role while still at Yale. He appeared in the ABC miniseries When We Rise in 2017. In this series, he played Ken Jones, a real-life activist. Majors met with Jones to prepare for the part.

That same year, he was in his first movie, Hostiles. This film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2017. He also appeared in the 2018 films White Boy Rick and Out of Blue.

In 2019, Majors became more widely known. He starred in the independent film The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Critics praised his acting in this movie. The New York Times called his performance "a mournful heartbreaker." Former President of the United States Barack Obama even named it one of the best films of 2019. Majors also appeared in Captive State, Gully, and Jungleland in 2019.

Becoming a Star

In 2020, Majors starred with Chadwick Boseman and Delroy Lindo in Spike Lee's war drama Da 5 Bloods. This movie was released on Netflix. That year, he also gained more attention for playing Atticus Freeman in the HBO series Lovecraft Country. Vogue magazine called him "the emotional core of the show."

In 2021, Majors was the main actor in The Harder They Fall. He acted alongside stars like Idris Elba and Regina King. In 2023, he starred in Magazine Dreams and co-starred with Michael B. Jordan in Creed III.

Majors joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney+ series Loki. He played "He Who Remains." He then played Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He also appeared as Victor Timely in Loki season 2.

Personal Life

Majors has a daughter. In May 2023, Majors began dating actress Meagan Good. In November 2024, they announced their engagement. They first met in 2022 at Ebony magazine's Power 100 event.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and Nominations