Miles Mussenden is an American actor and music producer. He is best known for portraying Otis Johnson in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger.
Miles Mussenden | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, music producer |
| Years active | 2009-present |
Career
editBorn in London to Guyanese parents,[1] Mussenden and his family moved to Brooklyn where at the age of nine he began to act in school plays.[citation needed] He was trained at American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating high school, he entered the music business with his friends and formed Two Friends Records and GrassRoots Entertainment where he produced performers such as Shabba Ranks. Since then, he returned to acting eventually getting a recurring role in the show Army Wives.[2][3] He was cast as Otis Johnson in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger after having made minor appearances in previous Marvel Cinematic Universe productions.[4][5]
Personal life
editMussenden works with Front & Center, an organization that "works with the Juvenile Courts as an intervention...for at risk youth[s] who have grown up under some really tough circumstances." He teaches a variety of acting techniques and even writing.[6]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Muted | Father | Short |
| 2010 | Fighting Angels: Exodus | Stone | |
| 2011 | The Change-Up | Attorney | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn | Jim | |
| 2015 | Love for Passion | Darryl Love | Short |
| 2015 | Max | Captain | |
| 2015 | The Atlantan | Antwoine | |
| 2016 | Flatbush Luck | Patrick | |
| 2016 | Wild Oats | Bernard | |
| 2017 | Megan Leavey | DI Villarreal | Uncredited |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Park Ranger | |
| 2017 | I, Tonya | Policeman Tate |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fighting Angels: The Series | Stone | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Gillian in Georgia | Coach Bob | Episode: "Coach" |
| 2010-2013 | It's Supernatural | Various | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Single Ladies | Federal (FBI) Agent | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Reed Between the Lines | Man | Episode: "Let's Talk About Daddy's Little Girl" |
| 2011-2012 | Army Wives | Sgt. Bennett Billings | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Hidden City with Marcus Sakey | Mark Essex | Episode: "New Orleans" |
| 2013 | Second Generation Wayans | Executive Miles | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Revolution | Captain Winslow | Episode: "Ghosts" |
| 2013 | Nashville | Federal Agent | Episode: "Don't Open That Door" |
| 2014 | Drop Dead Diva | Federal Agent | Episode: "Desperate Housewife" |
| 2014 | Where's the Love? | Tim | TV movie |
| 2015 | Bloodline | Clive French | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Tech Mike | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Complications | Foley | Episode: "Outbreak" |
| 2015 | Survivor's Remorse | Officer Diston | Episode: "The Date" |
| 2016 | Greenleaf | Driver | Episode: "A Time to Heal" |
| 2016 | Game of Silence | Parole Commissioner Parr | Episode: "Ghosts of Quitman" |
| 2016 | The Inspectors | Hamilton Watkins | Episode: "Jamaican Lottery" |
| 2016 | Containment | Charlie | Episode: "He Stilled the Rising Tumult" |
| 2016 | Hidden America with Jonah Ray | Ayasu | Episode: "Atlanta: Past, Present, Living, and Dead" |
| 2016 | Stranger Things | M.P. Officer Patrick | Episode: "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" |
| 2016 | Ballers | Jeff | Episode: "Laying in the Weeds" |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage | Guard 3 | Episode: "Step in the Arena" |
| 2016 | Queen Sugar | Boogie | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Mr. Mercedes | Fuller | Episode: "Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream" |
| 2018–2019 | Marvel's Cloak & Dagger | Otis Johnson | Main cast (Season 1) Guest (Season 2) |
| 2021 | The Walking Dead | Franklin | Episode: Here's Negan |
| The Game | |||
| 2021-2022 | Swagger | Brett Hughes | |
| 2022 | Players | Rudy Elmore Sr. | Recurring role |
| Tulsa King | Hendricks | ||
| TBA | Doom Patrol | Lloyd Jefferson / Frenzy | Recurring role season 3 |
References
edit- ^ "EXCLUSIVE : CLOAK & DAGGER Scoop: Shining the Spotlight on Miles Mussenden | Seat42F". June 2018.
- ^ "Miles M". Star Now. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ "Miles Mussenden". Actor's Breakthrough. January 4, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Dinh, Christine (February 14, 2017). "Additional Cast for Highly Anticipated Series 'Marvel's Cloak & Dagger' Announced". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ Highfill, Samantha (April 16, 2018). "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Jaime Zevallos and Emma Lahana's characters are revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ Rees, Katrina (May 9, 2018). "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Miles Mussenden talks Marvel's Cloak & Dagger". CelebMix. Retrieved May 22, 2018.