Jonathan Majors (born September 7, 1989) is an American actor. He rose
to prominence after starring in the independent feature film The Last
Black Man in San Francisco (2019). In 2020, he garnered wider notice
for portraying Atticus Freeman in the HBO television series Lovecraft
Country.Majors was born in Lompoc, California, and spent his early
years living with his familyâ€"his mother, a pastor, his older sister,
Monica, and younger brother, Cameronâ€"on the Vandenberg military
base, due to his father being in the Air Force. Majors said in 2020
that, "Our father, who loved us dearly, just kind of disappeared one
day ... and he resurfaced 17 years later." Majors has since
reconnected with his father. The family soon moved to Dallas, Texas.
Majors subsequently lived in Georgetown, Texas, outside of Austin,
Texas, and later grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas.As a teenager, Majors
faced numerous struggles; he was arrested for shoplifting, suspended
from high school for getting into a fight, and at one point he lived
in his car while working two jobs to make ends meet. He eventually
found a "safe space" in the world of theatre.
to prominence after starring in the independent feature film The Last
Black Man in San Francisco (2019). In 2020, he garnered wider notice
for portraying Atticus Freeman in the HBO television series Lovecraft
Country.Majors was born in Lompoc, California, and spent his early
years living with his familyâ€"his mother, a pastor, his older sister,
Monica, and younger brother, Cameronâ€"on the Vandenberg military
base, due to his father being in the Air Force. Majors said in 2020
that, "Our father, who loved us dearly, just kind of disappeared one
day ... and he resurfaced 17 years later." Majors has since
reconnected with his father. The family soon moved to Dallas, Texas.
Majors subsequently lived in Georgetown, Texas, outside of Austin,
Texas, and later grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas.As a teenager, Majors
faced numerous struggles; he was arrested for shoplifting, suspended
from high school for getting into a fight, and at one point he lived
in his car while working two jobs to make ends meet. He eventually
found a "safe space" in the world of theatre.
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