My Take
I'll be honest — I didn't clock Jessie T. Usher until The Boys made it impossible to ignore him, and even then A-Train kind of sneaks up on you. He plays a character you're supposed to hate: a corporate-sellout superhero with a cocaine habit and a body count, yet Usher keeps finding these cracks of humanity that make you feel genuinely conflicted about him — which is way harder than it sounds. Before that he held his own in Independence Day: Resurgence and Shaft, perfectly solid work, but The Boys is where he really got to stretch. There's also something quietly fascinating about a guy born on February 29 — a leap day kid who took his time finding the role that fit. He's still relatively young and hasn't fully cashed in his chips yet, so I'm curious where he goes once the superhero era winds down.
Overview
Jessie Tacoma Usher Jr. (born February 29, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for playing Lyle on the series Level Up, Cam Calloway on the series Survivor's Remorse, and Reggie Franklin / A-Train in the superhero series The Boys (2019–2026). His film appearances include When the Game Stands Tall (2014), Teenage (2013), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Shaft (2019), and Smile (2022).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jessie T. Usher
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェシー・T・アッシャー
- Reading
- じぇしー・T・あっしゃー
- Born
- February 29, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.