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Ashton Sanders Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Girlfriend, Family, Images, And More

Ashton Durrand Sanders (born October 24, 1995) is an American actor best known for his role as adolescent Chiron in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight (2016).

Sanders began his life in Carson, California. He went to Grand Arts High School in Downtown Los Angeles and graduated in 2013. He was pursuing a BFA at DePaul University's The Theatre School before leaving after three years to pursue his acting career.

Sanders made his feature film debut in Chris Eska's The Retrieval. On March 11, 2013, the film had its world premiere at South by Southwest. Variance Films released it in a limited edition on April 2, 2014.

Sanders appeared in Straight Outta Compton in 2015. He appeared in an episode of Refinery29's web series The Skinny in 2016.

Sanders appeared in the drama film Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, the same year. On September 2, 2016, the film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, and A24 released it in limited release on October 21, 2016. Moonlight received widespread critical acclaim as well as a slew of awards, including the Golden Globe for Best Picture - Drama. The film was also nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. Critics praised Sanders' performance in the film, calling it "powerful" by Benjamin Lee of The Guardian.

Sanders appeared alongside Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 2, the sequel to the hit action film The Equalizer. Sanders appeared in Rupert Wyatt's science fiction thriller Captive State in 2019, alongside John Goodman and Vera Farmiga. He also starred in HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's novel Native Son. He was set to star in The Things They Carried, a Vietnam war film starring an ensemble cast, in November 2020.

Sanders was cast as Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, a biopic about Whitney Houston, in September 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Making Possibilities^[22]	Donnie	Short film Los Angeles Film and Script Festival Honorable Mention
2013	The Retrieval	Will
2015	Straight Outta Compton	Kid on bus
2016	Moonlight	Teen Chiron	Austin Film Critics Association Special Honorary Award for Best Ensemble Gotham Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Nominated – Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominated – Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	We Home	Javan	Short film
	The Last Virgin in LA	Josh	Short film
2018	The Equalizer 2	Miles Whittaker
2018	The Kids Are Alright	Angel	Short film based on the Grammy-nominated album The Kids Are Alright by American R&B duo Chloe x Halle
2019	Native Son	Bigger Thomas
2019	Captive State	Gabriel Drummond
2020	All Day and a Night	Jahkor
2021	Judas and the Black Messiah	Jimmy Palmer
2022	Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody	Bobby Brown

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Skinny	Tyler	Episode: "Squad"
2019	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Bobby/The RZA	Series regular
2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	College Kareem (voice)	Episode: “When You Wish Upon a Roker”

Ashton Sanders Biography

Name	Ashton Sanders
Nickname	None
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	24-Oct-1995
Age in 2023	28
Birth Place	Carson
Country	United States
Nationality	American
Height	1.8 (m)
Weight	Unknown (KGs)
Profession	Movie Actor