Person profile

Neil Brown Jr.

38%Slightly wokeWoke score · lower is better40% personal • 29% work

Published titles: 2
Crew roles: 0
Cast roles: 2
Profile updated: October 4, 2026
TMDB person ID: 55091

Personal context

Summary

Neil Brown Jr. is an American actor known for playing DJ Yella in Straight Outta Compton, Chad Kerr in Insecure, and Ray Perry in SEAL Team. His work spans crime dramas, comedy, biographical films, and military series. In a 2015 interview about the Oscars diversity debate, he welcomed the growing conversation around representation, saying that “everyone” was speaking out together. No public advocacy roles or repeated political statements are on record.

Known Work

Published titles

City of Lies
2018
as Rafael Perez
28%
SEAL Team
2017
as Ray Perry
31%