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Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country

HBO 2020

The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Lovecraft Country (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Courtney B. Vance

#1 - Courtney B. Vance (Johnnie Cochran)

Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Isle of Dogs (2018). Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He also guest-starred on Law & Order, Picket Fences, The Closer, Revenge, Scandal, and Masters of Sex. He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He recently appeared in the HBO television film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), National Geographic's limited series Genius: Aretha (2020), and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country (2020) the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997. Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, and is an active supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2019, Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Courtney B. Vance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Courtney B. Vance plays as Johnnie Cochran in Lovecraft Country.
Courtney B. Vance is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Jonathan Majors

#2 - Jonathan Majors (Atticus Freeman)

Jonathan Majors (born September 7, 1989) is an American actor.

Jonathan Majors plays as Atticus Freeman in Lovecraft Country.
Jonathan Majors is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Jurnee Smollett

#3 - Jurnee Smollett (Letitia)

Jurnee Diana Smollett was born on October 1, 1986 in New York City. She co-starred in the ABC television comedy On Our Own (1994–1995) and guest appeared in numerous television shows: Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Full House, Martin, Wanda At Large, House, Grey's Anatomy, etc. She also co-starred in the last two seasons of Friday Night Lights. Smollett is best known for her role in the independent film Eve's Bayou (1997), for which she received critical acclaim as ten-year-old Eve. Smollett was featured in the 1996 Francis Ford Coppola film Jack. She starred in the racially charged 1999 Disney film Selma Lord Selma. In 2000 she co-starred with Sharon Stone and Billy Connelly in the comedy film Beautiful Joe. 2001 would find Jurnee co-starring as daughter to another popular actress, Angela Bassett, in the film Ruby's Bucket of Blood. Smollett co-starred with actors Bow Wow and Brandon T Jackson in the 2005 skater movie Roll Bounce. In 2006 she joined the film Gridiron Gang. In 2007 actor/director Denzel Washington cast Smollett in The Great Debaters. As of September 2010, she is co-stars with Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell in the CBS legal drama The Defenders. She has been active in HIV/AIDS causes since she was eleven. She spoke at the Ryan White Youth Conference, and elsewhere, on this issue. Smollett is on the Board of Directors of Artists for a New South Africa, dedicated to dealing with HIV/AIDS in Africa. On October 24, 2010, Jurnee married musician Josiah Bell.

Jurnee Smollett plays as Letitia in Lovecraft Country.
Jurnee Smollett is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Abbey Lee

#4 - Abbey Lee (Christina Braithwhite)

Abbey Lee Kershaw, known professionally as Abbey Lee, is an Australian fashion model and actress. She appeared in two Victoria's Secret Fashion shows (2008-2009) and has appeared on the cover and pages of many international fashion magazines, including Vogue, Numero, Muse, Dazed and Confused, V and W. She acted in several notable films, including Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Gods of Egypt (2016), The Neon Demon (2016) and Office Christmas Party (2016).

Abbey Lee plays as Christina Braithwhite in Lovecraft Country.
Abbey Lee is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Michael Kenneth Williams

#5 - Michael Kenneth Williams (Self)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008 and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire from 2010 to 2014.

Michael Kenneth Williams plays as Self in Lovecraft Country.
Michael Kenneth Williams is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

Wunmi Mosaku

#6 - Wunmi Mosaku (Hunter B-15)

Wunmi Mosaku is a Nigerian-born British actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries Moses Jones and Holly Lawson in the ITV series Vera (2011–12). She won the 2017 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Gloria Taylor in the TV film Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016). In 2019, she starred in the fifth series of Luther. She also stars in the Disney+ original series, Loki.

Wunmi Mosaku plays as Hunter B-15 in Lovecraft Country.
Wunmi Mosaku is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 6 episodes.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

#7 - Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Carolyn)

​Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is an American producer, stage and screen actress, best known for her film roles in "Ray", "Undercover Brother", and on the television series "The Mentalist". She has an BA in African-American Studies from Brown University, and an MFA in Acting from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor plays as Carolyn in Lovecraft Country.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 2 episodes.

Last updated: jan 30, 2023

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