Biography

Jussie Smollett was born in Santa Rosa, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Empire (2015), The Mighty Ducks (1992) and B-Boy Blues (2021).

Really committing to a bit.

Was indicted on 6 felony charges in 2020 for making falsified police reports in 2019.

Brother of Jojo Smollett, Jazz Smollett, Jurnee Smollett, Jake Smollett, and Jocqui Smollett. They all starred together as siblings on the TV series On Our Own (1994) and Smollett Eats (2016).

His mother Janet Smollett is African-American; his father Joel Smollett was Ashkenazi Jewish.

He portrayed the middle sibling on "Empire" but is actually a year older than Trai Byers.

My family is from Elmhurst, Queens, 54th Avenue, but I was born in Northern California. It's really funny, you know, [my bio] says 'Brazil' making me feel really exotic and cultured, but actually, I was born in Santa Rosa, California. I'm from Sonoma County, and they're saying 'Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.'

[For The Guardian on the attacks he suffered at a show in California where some urged him not to play] I'm the gay Tupac.