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Khleo Thomas | |
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Born | Khaleed Leon Thomas January 30, 1989 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, rapper |
Years active | 1998–present |
Height | 6'1 |
Musical career | |
Genres | Hip hop, R&B |
Labels | Slick Living, Executive Dream, Executive Music, Fontana, UMG (current) The Plus (former) |
Website | www |
Khaleed "Khleo" Leon Thomas (born January 30, 1989) is an American actor, influencer, gamer, host and entrepreneur. First garnering recognition as a child actor with his portrayal Hector "Zero" Zeroni in the film Holes (2003), he has since appeared in films including Walking Tall, Roll Bounce , Remember the Daze , and Hurricane Season, and on television shows including ER, The Bernie Mac Show , House, Sons of Anarchy , Bones, Being Mary Jane , Major Crimes, and Shameless. As a rapper, he has released two EPs and toured alongside Bow Wow, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Sean Kingston and Chris Brown. [1]
Thomas created and runs the lifestyle brands Slick Living and Goddess Living Among Men (GLAM). [2] [3] He appeared in the video game NBA 2K19, voicing the Nike representative. Since 2020, he has hosted a Twitch channel dedicated to gaming and pop culture. [4]
Thomas was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and lived in Germany until the age of four. His mother is a Moroccan Jew and his father is African-American. [5] After his family settled in Southern California, he began acting in commercials at age six. [6]
In 1998, Thomas's first television appearance was on an episode of Bill Cosby's Kids Say the Darndest Things .[ citation needed ]
He has since starred in such films as Friday After Next (2002), Holes (2003), Going to the Mat (2004), Walking Tall (2004), and Roll Bounce (2005).
Thomas starred in the 2003 Disney film Holes , adapted from Louis Sachar's book of the same name. Thomas had not read the book before he was cast as Zero. [6] To adapt to the desert climate for filming Holes, Thomas was required to participate in physical conditioning training. He recalls, "We had to climb rope, dig holes, run, go hiking, do sit-ups and push-ups. The whole time we were thinking, why do we need this? Then we get to the desert and we understood. It was so hot, you could only be in a hole for 20 minutes at a time." [6] Thomas sang on one of the movie soundtrack's songs, "Dig It", which originated on the six-hour round-trip bus rides that transported the actors to the set. [6]
In 2005, Thomas became more involved in music via an association with fellow rapper/actor Bow Wow and his label LBW Entertainment. He was featured on Bow Wow's fifth studio album, The Price of Fame, as well as on numerous mixtapes. He made cameo appearances in Bow Wow's "Fresh Azimiz" and "Outta My System" music videos.[ citation needed ]
In 2006, Thomas guest-starred in "Poppin' Tags", an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; and in the season four episode of House , "Ugly" in 2007. He co-starred in the first episode of the television series Teachers , which was canceled after six episodes. He starred in movies such as Remember the Daze (2007) and Hurricane Season (2009). In 2010, Thomas starred in the action film Boogie Town.[ citation needed ]
Thomas started a Twitch channel in 2020. He plays games, hosts Disney trivia contests, cosplays as the character Powerline from A Goofy Movie , and interacts with followers. [7]
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Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2002 | Friday After Next | Bad Kid | Supporting role |
2003 | Holes | Hector "Zero" Zeroni | Main role |
2004 | Baadasssss! | Mario | Supporting role |
Time Out | Khalid | Short film | |
Going to the Mat | Vincent "Fly" Shu | Supporting role; television film | |
Walking Tall | Pete Vaughn | Supporting role | |
2005 | The Golden Blaze | Jason Fletcher/Sure Shot (voice) | |
Roll Bounce | Mixed Mike | Main role | |
Dirty | Splooge | Supporting role | |
2007 | Remember the Daze | Dylan | Supporting role |
2009 | Boogie Town | Gizmo | Supporting role; unreleased film |
Bob Funk | Cupcake | Main role | |
Hurricane Season | David Willis | Supporting role | |
Breathe | Dante | Short film | |
2010 | Krews | Tom Tom | |
The Company We Keep | Young Raheem | Supporting role | |
2015 | Victor | Randy | Supporting role |
2016 | Soy Nero | Mohammed | |
2017 | Clockwork | Beau Cartermore | Short film |
2019 | Anywhere with You | Danny | Supporting role |
Paint It Red | Eduardo | ||
2022 | Scrap | Marcus | |
Television | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1998 | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Himself | Episode: "Oatmeal" |
1999 | Family Law | Lanny Brass | Episode: "Games" |
2001 | City Guys | Jordan | Episode: "Skips, Lies and Radiotapes" |
2003 | Super Short Show | Himself | |
2004 | ER | Brian | Episode: "Forgive and Forget" |
The Wayne Brady Show | Himself | Episode: "March 19, 2004" | |
Frankie Muniz HoopLA Celebrity Basketball Event | Himself | ||
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema | |||
2005 | The Bernie Mac Show | Curtis | Episode: "Car Wars" |
Scream Tour IV | Himself | ||
2006 | Teachers | Patrick | Episode: "Substitute" |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dante | Episode: "Poppin' Tags" | |
Gettin' Dirty | |||
2007 | On Location with Remember the Daze | Himself | |
House | Kenny Arnold | Episode: "Ugly" | |
2009 | Kids' Inaugural | Himself | |
2010 | 90210 | Purse Guy | Episode: "I see London/I see France" |
2011 | Parenthood | Guy in Cage | Episode: "Amazing Andy and His Wonderful World of Bugs" |
Sons of Anarchy | Frecks | Episode: "Dorylus" | |
2013 | Bones | Marcos Herrera | Episode: "The Blood from the Stones" |
2016 | Shameless | Dylan Oswald | 2 episodes |
2017 | Being Mary Jane | D-Razor | Episode: "Getting Schooled" |
Major Crimes | Lewis Wilks | 2 episodes | |
Relationship Status | Billy | ||
2019 | UA:LA | Veil | |
2021 | 5150 | Vlogger | Television short film |
Video games | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2018 | NBA 2K19 | Kai Donaldson/Nike Rep (voice) |
Year | Title |
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2012 | After Everything Fades [8] (with Chris Batson)
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2014 | Raised in the 90s [9]
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Title | Mixtape details |
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The World Is A Cartoon [10] |
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The Next Episode [11] |
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Slick Living [12] |
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Year | Song | Album |
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2012 | "So Many Girls" [13] | Non-album single |
"Slick" [14] | Slick Living | |
"Sweat It Out"[ citation needed ] | ||
"Becoming"[ citation needed ] (with Chris Batson) | After Everything Fades | |
2013 | "Ride"[ citation needed ] (with Chris Batson) | |
2014 | "Side Ni**a / Don't Catch Feelings"[ citation needed ] | Non-album single |
"No Questions"[ citation needed ] | ||
"Tonight"[ citation needed ] (featuring Sean Roxs) |
Year | Song | Album |
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2013 | "Now Forever" (Sofia Reyes featuring Khleo Thomas) | Non-album single |
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Year | Song | Performer(s) | Album |
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2006 | "How You Move It" | Bow Wow | The Price of Fame |
"Bet That" | Bow Wow | Non-album single | |
2009 | "Ain't I Freestyle" | Bow Wow | The Greenlight |
"Do I Love Her" | Bow Wow | ||
2010 | "Freak Show" | JBar aka Ja-Bar | In the Club |
"Victory" | Soulja Boy | none | |
"Never Change Remix (I'll Never Change)" | Indigo Charlie | ||
"Not My Girl" | The Good Boys | ||
"Light the Speakers on Fire" | Malachi Mott | ||
2013 | "Now Forever" | Sofia Reyes | |
"Fade Away" | Social Club | Summer of George | |
2014 | "In'n'Out" | Sean Roxs | none |
"Face Down" | Flip Major |
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