Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett is impossible to write about honestly without holding two things at once. On talent, he's real: a child actor from The Mighty Ducks who grew into Jamal Lyon on Empire and a string of NAACP Image Awards, with genuine ability as both actor and singer. But the story most people remember is the 2019 incident in Chicago, which police determined he had staged, and which became a national flashpoint. I won't pretend that didn't reshape his career. To me he's a cautionary case study: serious gifts, and a self-inflicted controversy that overshadowed nearly all of them.

Name (English)

Jussie Smollett

Name (Japanese)

ジャシー・スモレット

Reading

じゃしー・すもれっと

Born

June 21, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / singer / voice actor

High school

Paramus Catholic High School

Awards & achievements

• 2016 NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
• 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
• 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song
• 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist
• 2017 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Official sitehttps://jussiesmollettmusic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jussiesmollett/
• Xhttps://x.com/jussiesmollett
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussie%20Smollett
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6315685

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.