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American actor, comedian and internet personality
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King Keraun
BornKeraun Harris
(1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 36)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor, internet personality
Years active2013–present

Keraun Harris (born January 17, 1988), better known by his online alias and persona King Keraun, is an actor, comedian, and Internet personality who has appeared on HBO's Insecure, ABC's Black-ish, and Halloween Ends.

Early life

Harris was born in Houston as the eldest of five children of Derrick Harris, a former National Football League player. In 2009, Harris served a 2+1⁄2-year term for robbery and credit card abuse convictions in federal prison. After his release from prison, he worked with chemicals on oil fields, which he soon quit because of medical problems caused by the work.

Career

After quitting his job in the oil fields, Harris started posting funny videos online to pass the time while looking for a new job. His short videos on Instagram (which only allowed videos to be 15 seconds in length) about relationships, family and football brought him to the attention of Russell Simmons who became his mentor. Harris massed more than 1.4 million Instagram followers, 1.8 million Facebook likes, and more than 100 million Vine loops, and used his newfound celebrity status to advertise for multiple companies seeking to use new media to promote their products.

In 2015, Harris was offered a guest role in ABC's Black-ish episode "Chop Shop".

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Major Deal Mike
2022 Halloween Ends Willy the Kid

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Black-ish Smoke Episode: "Chop Shop"
2015–2016 30 Days 2 Life Mike 6 episodes
2017 Insecure Daniel King Episode: "Hella Great"
2019–2021 That White People Shit King Keraun Harris 18 episodes
2021–present Millennials Jaheem Cartwrite 12 episodes

References

  1. "King Keraun Describes Harrowing Experience During Police Stop". BET. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. Smalls (@PhotosByBeanz), Bernard (2020-08-19). "King Keraun Revealed As 'Madden NFL 21' Spokesplayer In New AD". The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  3. "Comedian King Keraun to Joel Osteen ... Helping Houston Ain't About the Money". TMZ. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  4. ^ Roose, Kevin (2016-01-27). "Young, black, and internet famous: How this power couple conquered Vine and Instagram". Fusion. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  5. ^ "BOSSIP Exclusive: King Keraun – From Five Time Felon To YouTube Star". Bossip. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  6. Perkins, Nichole (2015-11-19). "Black-ish Recap: Wrong Hair, Do Care". Vulture. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

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