Khris Davis

Actor

Birthdate: Dec 21, 1987

Birthplace: Lakewood, CA

Khris Davis (birthname: Khristopher Adrian Davis) is a rising actor, launching his big-screen career in director Kathryn Bigelow’s much-discussed Detroit (2017), with John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, John Krasinski, and Anthony Mackie. Davis joined the ensemble of director-producer Joseph Cross and writer Jordan Joliff’s rom-com, Summer Night (2019), with Ellar Coltrane and Ian Nelson, followed by writer-director Sam de Jong’s Goldie (2019), starring Slick Woods and premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Director-co-writer Shaka King cast Davis in his remarkable Black Panther drama, Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, and Martin Sheen, earning six Oscar nominations, including best picture, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Davis’ first voice performance was opposite NBA superstar (and producer) LeBron James, Don Cheadle, and Zendaya in the animated commercial bomb, Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021).

Davis’s first major starring role was as boxing superstar GeorgeForemann in Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (2023), with Jasmine Mathews, John Magaro, and Forest Whitaker, released by Sony Pictures.

Khris Davis Photos and Videos

'Big George Foreman'George Foreman fights Muhammad Ali

Khris Davis and Forest Whitaker stars in BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

Khris Davis stars as George Foreman in BIG GEORGE FOREMAN: THE MIRACULOUS STORY OF THE ONCE AND FUTURE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

Personal life

Khris Davis attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Cheyney University, where he studied acting (particularly the Stanislavski method) and graduated cum laude in 2009. and then studied the Meisner Technique at Walnut Street Theater. Davis is not married.

Known For

Big George Foreman

(2023)

Detroit

(2017)

Judas and the Black Messiah

(2021)

Space Jam: A New Legacy

(2021)

Awards

Nominee, Best Ensemble-Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards (2019).

2019

Actor

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Khris Davis Movies

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2023 |
Big George Foreman
Big George Foreman
2023
PG-13
2h 9m
Biography, Drama, Sport
6.6
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit.
asGeorge Foreman
2021 |
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
PG
1h 55m
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Sport
4.5
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with the Looney Tunes to win a basketball game.
More Info
asMalik
2021 |
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
R
2h 6m
Biography, Drama, History
7.4
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
More Info
asSteel
2020 |
Goldie
Goldie
2020
TV-MA
1h 28m
Drama
5.7
A teenager in a family shelter wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer. A story about displaced youth, ambition. and strength.
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asJay
2017 |
Detroit
Detroit
2017
R
2h 23m
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
7.3
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
asBlind Pig Patron

Facts About Khris Davis

Theatre Acclaim: Khris Davis had a phenomenal New York stage debut, in The Royale, produced at Lincoln Center Theatre, with Davis winning the Obie and Theatre World awards for his performance.

Stage Prowess: Davis has had a successful New York theater career, performing in such productions as Sweat (2017), Fireflies (2018), and as Biff in Death of a Salesman (2022), starring Wendell Berry.