Mamoudou Athie ( ; born 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the feature films Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022). He has also had supporting roles in many films, including The Burial (2023) and Kinds of Kindness (2024), as well as in the television series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), the FXX anthology Cake (2019), and others. He voiced Wade Ripple in the Pixar animated film Elemental (2023). He has also appeared in several stage productions.
Early life and education Mamadou Athie was born in 1988 in Mauritania, the son of a diplomat father who received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old. Athie grew up in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.
He studied acting at the William Esper Studio in the Two-Year Professional Actor Training Program. He graduated with an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 2014.
Career Athie began his career in theater, starring off-Broadway in 2015 in The Mystery of Love and Sex.
He had supporting roles in the films Patti Cake$ (2017), The Circle (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), The Front Runner (2018), Underwater (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), The Burial (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).
He also starred in the television series The Get Down (2016–2017), The Detour (2017), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and the FXX anthology Cake (2019).
He had his first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022).
He also voiced Wade Ripple in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental.
Filmography Film
Year Title Role Notes 2015 Experimenter Crying Man 2016 Jean of the Joneses Ray Malcom2017 Patti Cake$ Basterd One Percent More Humid Jack The Circle Jared Unicorn Store Virgil 2018 The Front Runner AJ Parker2020 Underwater Rodrigo Nagenda Uncorked Elijah Black Box Nolan Wright 2022 Jurassic World DominionRamsay Cole2023 Elemental Wade Ripple Voice role The Burial Hal Dockins The Boy and the Heron Parakeet Voice role (English dub)2024 Kinds of Kindness Will / Neil / Morgue nurse An Almost Christmas Story Pelly Voice role; short film 2025 By Design Olivier Juliette Lewis & Mamoudou Athie To Topline Body Swap Pic 'By Design' From Amanda Kramer 2026 Wardriver Oscar The Drama Mike Brian Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Madam Secretary Staffer Episode: "The Ninth Circle" 2016 Me & Mean Margaret Charles Unsold pilot 2016–2017 The Get Down Grandmaster Flash Recurring role 2017 The Detour Carl Recurring role (season 2) 2018–2019 Sorry for Your Loss Matt Greer Main cast2019 CakeJerome Recurring role (season 1) Oh Jerome, No Main cast, miniseries 2022 Archive 81 Dan Turner Main cast 2023 Strange Planet Being #1 (voice) Episode: "Key Change"
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Ramsey Cole Biosyn Dominion expansion
Theater Selected professional credits Year Title Role Venue2012 Tripolitania XavierWilliamstown Theatre Festival Becoming Sylvia Ensemble 2013 Hamlet Voltimand Yale Repertory Theatre 2014 Generations Boyfriend Soho Repertory Theatre 2015 The Mystery of Love and Sex Jonny Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 2024 Good Bones Travis Public Theatre
Awards and nominations Athie was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for his performance in Cake.
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