CAA Signs ‘Outer Banks’ Jonathan Daviss, Next Up As Young Snoop Dogg In Universal Biopic

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has emerged from a signing scrum and has landed Jonathan Daviss arsenic a customer successful each areas.

Daviss had deed breakout move arsenic Pope Heyward successful nan Netflix bid Outer Banks. He has wrapped nan last play of that show. He will adjacent return connected nan iconic domiciled of Snoop Dogg successful Universal’s upcoming biopic, having emerged from a highly competitory world hunt led by Francine Maisler. The movie will beryllium directed by Craig Brewer and produced by Brian Grazer alongside Snoop Dogg and Death Row Pictures.

Daviss hails from Conroe, Texas and is simply a postgraduate of nan British American Drama Academy’s Oxford program, trained alongside a lineage of exceptional talent including Chadwick Boseman, Ruth Negga, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

Daviss first appeared for Netflix in Do Revenge, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, other clients Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes. Then came Outer Banks, which he starred successful pinch Madelyn Cline, Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey. Daviss has built a pursuing of astir 7 cardinal followers crossed societal platforms.

The character remains managed by Monster Talent, and nan remainder of his squad is Apex Public Relations, and nan rule patient Skrzyniarz & Mallean.