Aaron Pierre

Aaron Pierre (birthname: Aaron Stone Pierre) is a potent British actor whose acclaimed stage performances (particularly as Cassio in the Shakespeare Globe’s 2018 production of Othello) drew the attention of filmmakers such as director/writers Barry Jenkins and M. Night Shyamalan, who cast Pierre in the horror movie, Old (2021), starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung and Embeth Davidtz, grossing over $90 million worldwide via distributor Universal Pictures.

Pierre landed his first starring big-screen role in Canadian director/writer/producer Clement Virgo’s drama based on David Chariandy’s novel, Brother (2022), with Lamar Johnson, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Kiana Madeira, and premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. Pierre co-starred with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in Australian director/co-writer/producer Garth Davis’s sci-fi psychological drama, Foe (2023), based on Iain Reid’s novel, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and was released by Amazon MGM Studios.

Pierre made a critical splash as a fresh action star in the Netflix-streamed thriller, Rebel Ridge (2024) from filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier, and then was tapped by director Barry Jenkins (who had cast Pierre in his 2021 streaming series based on Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad) as the voice of Mufasa in Disney’s sequel/prequel, Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), with the voices of Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, and Beyoncé.