Drew Starkey

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Drew Starkey
Born (1993-11-04) November 4, 1993 (age 30)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
Parent Todd Starkey

Joseph Andrew Starkey (born November 4, 1993) is an American actor. He graduated from Western Carolina University in 2016 with a double major in English and theatre performance. [1] He portrays Garrett Laughlin in Love, Simon , Brian MacIntosh in The Hate U Give , Rafe Cameron in the Netflix teen drama series Outer Banks, [2] Zach MacLaren in The Other Zoey , Hawkins in the VH1 series Scream: Resurrection and will be in the upcoming film Queer with Daniel Craig.

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Early life

Starkey was born in Asheville, North Carolina to Todd Starkey, a college-basketball coach for the Kent State women's team, and Jodi Starkey, a school counselor. Starkey is the oldest of four kids, he and his family moved around the Blue Ridge Mountains area, but he mostly grew up in the town of Hickory. [3] [4]

As a kid, Starkey grew up playing baseball and basketball. He also learned to play the guitar and the piano. [5] Starkey attended St. Stephens High School and started to get serious about acting after joining a drama class on his freshman year, which he described as "a lot of Samuel Beckett and shit." [3] He graduated magna cum laude from Western Carolina University in 2016 where he double majored in English and theater performance. [6] After college he moved to Atlanta to join two friends who were forming a production company and started to audition for roles. [3] [5]

Personal life

Starkey lives in Los Angeles. [5]

Filmography

†Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014The Radical Nortion of Gene MutationPatrick ClemensShort
2015Lost SolesScottShort
BoundsToddShort
2016Up the HillThe ClientShort
Love is the Longest ConAdrianShort
2018 American Animals Frat Boy
Love, Simon Garrett Laughlin [7]
The Hate U Give Officer 115 [8]
2019Mine 9Ryan
The Family PortraitKevin BrodyShort
Just Mercy Young Guard
Extended StayRickyShort
2020 The Devil All the Time Tommy Matson
Embattled Tanner Van Holt [9]
2022 Hellraiser Trevor [10]
2023 The Other Zoey Zach MacLaren [11] [12]
TBA Queer †Allerton [13]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Mercy Street Gambling SoldierEpisode: "Unknown Soldier"
Shots Fired Clint Jr.Episode: "Hour Four: Truth"
Ozark BoyEpisode: "Ruling Days"
Dead SilentEthan WaltonEpisode: "Run for Your Life"
Valor BobbyEpisode: "Zero Visibility"
Good Behavior Agent BradfieldEpisode: "You Could Discover Me"
2018 Brockmire Brad Christie (uncredited)Episode: "In the Cellar"
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters Hunter RobisonEpisode: "Better World"
The Resident Young LawyerEpisode: "About Time"
2019 Doom Patrol TimEpisode: "Donkey Patrol"
Queen Sugar BeauEpisode: "I No Longer Imagine"
Scream: Resurrection Hawkins4 episodes [14]
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings LookoutEpisode: "J.J. Sneed"
2020LimboRodneyTV movie
Acting for a Cause DemetriusEpisode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2020−present Outer Banks Rafe CameronMain role; 29 episodes [15]
2022 The Terminal List Junior Alb4 episodes

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