Keith Powers

Keith Tyree Powers (born August 22, 1992) is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Ronnie DeVoe in BET's miniseries The New Edition Story and Tyree in the film Straight Outta Compton.

Keith Powers
Born	August 22, 1992 Sacramento, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	2009–present
Family	Rodney King (cousin) Kevin O. Powers (brother) Kaylan Powers (sister)

Early life

Powers was born in Sacramento, California, to Jennifer Clark (formerly Powers) and Keith Powers, Sr., the oldest of a family of four children. He started modeling at 9 years old, influenced by his mother, but developed a passion for sports. He played football as a wide receiver at Sheldon High School.

Career

After graduating from high school in 2010, he moved to Los Angeles with his father to focus on modeling, signing with the Wilhelmina Agency.[1] He walked for Calvin Klein at the 2014 Men's Fashion Week in Milan, modeled in Sears and JCPenny ads, did a cover for Skechers, and became the face of Aéropostale.

In 2013, Powers landed a role in the movie House Party: Tonight's the Night.[2] After flying to South Africa for shooting, he decided to persure acting full-time. He played Gutta in the BET hip hop anthology series Tales,[3] and Cameron Drake in the Netflix original film Reality High.[4] He had a recurring role on the MTV series Faking It and has since become known for his part as Tyree in the film Straight Outta Compton.[5] He was cast as Ronnie DeVoe in The New Edition Story and since April 2017 has co-starred in Famous in Love on Freeform.[6][7][8] He also stars in the Netflix series What/If (2019).

Personal life

Powers has been in a relationship with actress and singer Ryan Destiny since late 2017.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	House Party: Tonight's the Night	Quentin	Main role
2015	Straight Outta Compton	Tyree
2016	Asterisk	Travis Downes	Short film
2017	The New Edition Story	Ronnie DeVoe	Main character
	Before I Fall	Patrick
	Let's Just Be Friends	Reggie Helms	Short film
	Reality High	Cameron Drake	Main role
	Maximum Impact	Special Agent Vance
2018	The Bobby Brown Story	Ronnie DeVoe
2021	The Tomorrow War	Christopher Danson	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Pretty Little Liars	Stringer Guy	1 episode
2014–2015	Faking It	Theo	Recurring role
2015	Sin City Saints	LaDarius Pope	Main role
	Fear the Walking Dead	Calvin	Episode: "Pilot"
2016	Recovery Road	Zach	Recurring role
2017–2018	Famous in Love	Jordan Wilder	Series regular
2017	Wild 'N Out	Himself
	Tales	Amari "Gutta" Anderson	Main role
2019	What/If	Todd	Main role

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Director(s)	Role
2019	"Single Again"	Big Sean	Lawrence Lamont	Elliot

References

1. Caraccio, David (March 14, 2017). "Sacramento actor Keith Powers of 'Straight Outta Compton' fame reveals concept trailer for his short film". Sacramento Bee (blog).
2. Wang, Frances (December 30, 2016). "Keith Powers: From football fields to the red carpet". Sacramento, California: ABC 10.
3. Tinubu, Aramide (June 26, 2017). "So ... Here Is Your First Look at BET's New Anthology Series 'Tales'". Jet. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
4. Allen, Kiera. "'#Reality High' is just that — real". The Daily Journal. Kankakee, Illinois. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
5. Dunand, Jérémie (March 21, 2017). "The New Edition Story: coup de projecteur sur Keith Powers, bientôt face à Bella Thorne dans Famous in Love" (interview) (in French). AlloCiné.
6. Cerón, Ella (April 18, 2017). "This Is the 'Famous in Love' Character Keith Powers Says He Can Relate to Most". Teen Vogue. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
7. Rodriguez, Karla (April 18, 2017). "Keith Powers Reveals What It Is Like Working With Bella Thorne". J-14.
8. Johnson, Hillary Louise (April 17, 2017). "Actor Keith Powers". Sactown magazine.
9. "We The Urban". July 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

External links

• Keith Powers at IMDb
• Keith Powers on Instagram