Justin Cornwell

Justin Michael Cornwell (born November 5, 1988) is an American actor, writer and musician best known for playing Kyle Craig in the CBS crime drama, Training Day, based on the 2001 film of the same name.

Justin Cornwell
Born
Justin Michael Cornwell

(1988-11-05) November 5, 1988
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Alma materUniversity of Louisville
OccupationActor/writer/musician
Years active2011–present
AgentUTA

Early life and education

Cornwell was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Sidney Cornwell and Robin Bodiford.[1] However, he was primarily raised in Cleveland, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky.[2] At age 10, he relocated with his mother and stepfather Jackie Herring (died 2008) to Louisville where he was encouraged to pursue art after first showing an interest in grade school. He graduated from Eastern High School where he participated in chorus and school plays. In addition, Justin was named as a premier student artist at the Muhammad Ali Center where some of his artwork still hangs today. He attended the University of Louisville where he continued studying acting. Cornwell relocated to Chicago in 2011 to pursue his acting career.[1]

Career

Cornwell found work at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre where he appeared in "Othello the Remix", "A Mid Summers Night Dream" and other plays in Chicago theater shortly after being signed by Gray Talent Group.[1][3] While constantly working in theater and on the crew of TV shows Justin booked appearances in commercials for Walmart and the Ohio Lottery. In 2014, Cornwell appeared in an episode of the NBC crime drama, Chicago P.D.. In 2015, he appeared in an episode of Fox's hit musical drama, Empire and later had an uncredited appearance in Spike Lee's Chi-Raq.[1] In March 2016, Cornwell was cast in the pilot for the CBS drama Training Day, based on the 2001 film of the same name. It went to series but was cancelled after the untimely death of Cornwell's co-lead Bill Paxton, airing all 13 episodes of its sole season.[4] In 2017 Cornwell was cast in the TNT limited series I Am the Night produced by Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine. Which aired its limited run in 2019. Later that year Cornwell would go on to star in the NBC supernatural crime drama, The InBetween.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Poor Perception Blake Short film
2014 Chicago P.D. James Grant Episode: "Prison Ball"
2015 Empire Songwriter Episode: "The Devil Quotes Scripture"
2015 Chi-Raq Trojan Uncredited
2017 Training Day Kyle Craig Lead
2018 We Are Boats Freddie Independent Feature
2019 I Am the Night Terrence Shye Limited series
2019 The InBetween Damien Asante Lead

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Watch Dogs Viceroys Additional voices
gollark: I see.
gollark: Not necessarily. Knowledge degrades over time (unless you have writing/computers/etc but even then language evolves and people disagree on interpretation).
gollark: Or they'd think it was God weeding out the unworthy and want to go to prove themselves.
gollark: (until they get horrible cancer and/or radiation poisoning; I don't know if it would be bad or immediate enough that people would form the connection)
gollark: Eventually people forget the exact details and schisms occur and whatever and people go around visiting it to pray or something.

References
  1. "Biography". Justin Cornwell Official Fan Club. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. "Training Day Cast: Justin Cornwell". CBS. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. "Justin Cornwell". Gray Talent Group. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2016). "'Training Day' Finds Its Young Lead: Justin Cornwell To Star In CBS Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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