Joshua Boone

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Joshua Boone is an American actor. [1] [2] [3] He starred opposite Zora Howard in the 2019 film Premature . [4] For his performance in the 2022 Tyler Perry/Netflix film A Jazzman's Blues , Boone was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards. [5]

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Boone made his Broadway debut at the Palace Theatre in 2014, in the jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me . In 2024, he played Dallas “Dally” Winston in the musical The Outsiders , earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. [6]

Personal life

Boone was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. [7] In 2010, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Performance; he returned as commencement speaker to the class of 2024. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012JourneymenBoobyShort film
2013Dyce and DevilDyceShort film
2015BrookloveIanShort film
2019 Premature Isaiah
2020WheelsTerry
2021Mother's MilkSparrow
2022 A Jazzman's Blues Bayou

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Willie1 episode
2013The Big GulpUnknown1 episode
2014Downtown GirlsQuentin1 episode
2015 Fan Girl DarvanTV movie
2016 MacGyver Gunner/Hunter1 episode
2017SalamanderCraig AndersTV movie
2018 Seven Seconds Khalil1 episode

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