Known for Acting
LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Short Term 12 (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the films Get Out (2017), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Uncut Gems (2019), Knives Out (2019), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the lattermost of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Stanfield has also appeared in the films Selma (2014), Dope (2015), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Crown Heights (2017), The Photograph (2020), The Harder They Fall (2021), Haunted Mansion (2023), and The Book of Clarence (2023). On television, he starred in the series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which he won a Black Reel Award for Television, and in the horror series The Changeling (2023–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article LaKeith Stanfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
August 12, 1991 (age 35)
Birthplace
San Bernardino, California, USA
Filmography
50 films, 19 shows
showing 49 of 50 films


The Wrong Girls
2026 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Two codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.


I Love Boosters
2026 · 1h 53m
country: United States
A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing from her stores and reselling them at a lower price — what they call 'fashion-forward philanthropy'.


Die My Love
2025 · 1h 59m
country: United States
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.


Roofman
2025 · 2h 6m
country: United States
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname "Roofman." After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.


Play Dirty
2025 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.


Mr. Miracle
2025 · 14m
country: Unknown
The Official Short Film for “Mr.Miracle”


Escape Room
2025 · 36m
country: United States
The short film accompanying Teyana Taylor's album of the same name.


Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2024 · 1h 45m
country: France
More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures he shot in the U.S. Told through Cole’s own writings, the stories of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation and will unravel the mystery of his missing negatives.


The Book of Clarence
2024 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out.


Haunted Mansion
2023 · 2h 3m
country: United States
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.


Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
2022 · 6m
country: United States
In a world where villains rise and society is on the brink of collapse, a hero is needed.


The Harder They Fall
2021 · 2h 17m
country: United States
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.


Judas and the Black Messiah
2021 · 2h 5m
country: Canada
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.


The Photograph
2020 · 1h 46m
country: United States
When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.


Uncut Gems
2019 · 2h 16m
country: United States
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.


Knives Out
2019 · 2h 11m
country: United States
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.


Someone Great
2019 · 1h 32m
country: United States
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure in New York City.


Let's Dance
2018 · 12m
country: United States
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday characters in familiar situations: packed into a subway car, stuck in a doctor's office, caught in downpour. But once they start moving, the actors turn our common experiences into welcome moments of enchantment.


The Girl in the Spider's Web
2018 · 1h 55m
country: Germany
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.


Time of Day
2018 · 10m
country: United States
Shot over the course of six weeks on 16mm film by Greek cinematographer, Thimios Bakatakis (The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer), the new rag & bone Films short coincides with the launch of the rag & bone Fall 2018 collection. The film was shot in New York and Los Angeles and features Kate Mara, Boyd Holbrook, Pom Klementieff, Lakeith Stanfield, Reed Morano, Lake Bell, Jon Hamm and Emma Roberts. To capture the spirit of cinema verité, each character was shot by Bakatakis through a handheld approach and using available lighting.


Sorry to Bother You
2018 · 1h 52m
country: United States
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.


Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.


Come Sunday
2018 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.


Quest
2017 · 1h 28m
country: Unknown
A non-romantic true love story between a humble teacher who believes there is no such thing as a bad kid, only a bad situation, and an abused 12 year old graffiti addict who is incapable of trusting.


Changers: A Dance Story
2017 · 3m
country: United States
A live dance piece.


Death Note
2017 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.


Crown Heights
2017 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.


Moonlight
2017 · 10m
country: Unknown
A look at an all-Black cast reboot of the TV show "Friends".


War Machine
2017 · 2h 2m
country: United States
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.


LaZercism
2017 · 5m
country: Unknown
Ask your doctor if LaZercism is right for you.


Get Out
2017 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.


The Incredible Jessica James
2017 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.


Snowden
2016 · 2h 15m
country: France
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.


Live Cargo
2016 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Nadine and Lewis move to a small Bahamian island hoping to restore their relationship in the wake of a tragedy, only to find the picturesque island torn in two: on one side a dangerous human trafficker and on the other an aging patriarch, struggling to maintain order.


Memoria
2016 · 1h 10m
country: United States
Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo Alto by James Franco.


Hard World for Small Things
2016 · 6m
country: United States
The circumstances and lives affected by a single tragedy in Los Angeles.


Miles Ahead
2016 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.


Tracks
2015 · 18m
country: Unknown
An amateur skateboarder is left to care for his girlfriend's young daughter on the day of a championship tournament.


King Ripple
2015 · 11m
country: United States
Four teens travel into a desolate and decrepit urban wasteland brought forth by the very being they wish to find, dead or alive.


Straight Outta Compton
2015 · 2h 27m
country: United Kingdom
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.


Verbatim: The Ferguson Case
2015 · 16m
country: United States
Verbatim: The Ferguson Case dramatizes and juxtaposes the grand jury transcripts of two key witnesses in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, MO.


Dope
2015 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.


Selma
2014 · 2h 8m
country: United Kingdom
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
The Fires, Howling
The Fires, Howling
2014 · 11m
country: Unknown
At the time of the fire's burning, a young man heads over the hills away.


The Purge: Anarchy
2014 · 1h 43m
country: France
One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
2014 · 22m
country: United States
A behind the scenes from film Short Term 12
Waves
Waves
2014 · 9m
country: United States


Short Term 12
2013 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.


Short Term 12
2008 · 22m
country: United States
A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watch them and other staff deal with a boy who's getting into fights though he has only a week to go before his 18th birthday, a girl whose birthday it is, a foul-mouthed lad, and others. Denim uses music to calm one youth, orients a new staff member, sneaks a marijuana cigarette during a break, and by the day's end, talks to Natalia. Do any of us have it together?