Devon Terrell

Personal context

Summary

Devon Terrell is an actor known for playing young Barack Obama in Barry and Arthur in Cursed, with later roles in Totally Completely Fine and It’s What’s Inside. In interviews, he has described growing up mixed-race and struggling to find where he fit, and said he recognized similar questions of identity in Barry. He has also spoken about finding few people of color in fantasy worlds and using his social media platform to discuss Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter, saying it mattered to speak as a black man and that he hoped to help educate people. No public party affiliations, campaign support, or formal activist roles are on record.