Biography

David Kallaway is a stage, screen and television actor .

His most notable movie roles include "Ray" in the Academy Award winning film Green Book, "Turner" in The Magnificent Seven, "Edward Covey" in Roots and as "John Kruesi" in the film Tesla with Ethan Hawke.

At 8 years old Kallaway got his start in a string of television commercials, at age eleven he landed his first film role in Making The Grade opposite Judd Nelson (Breakfast Club) & Gordon Jump (WKRP In Cincinnati).

He went on to work in a slew of projects filmed in his hometown of Memphis, including "The Rainmaker" with Francis Ford Coppola & Matt Damon and "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" with Woody Harrelson & Edward Norton. After attending the University of Memphis Theatre Program, Kallaway moved to Los Angeles and soon landed a guest spot on the Sci-Fi series "Sliders" and a recurring role on Aaron Spelling's hit daytime soap "Sunset Beach."

Kallaway held recurring television roles on NBC's The Blacklist, Amazon's Sneaky Pete and WGN's series Underground. He portrayed the infamous slave breaker "Edward Covey" in the TV mini-series Roots. Kallaway stared opposite Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke & Vincent D'Onofrio in MGM's remake of The Magnificent Seven directed by Antoine Fuqua and played opposite Mahershala Ali & Viggo Mortensen in the Academy Award Winning film Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly. He played opposite Hugh Jackman in "Logan" as well as Kevin Costner in the Academy Award nominated "Hidden Figures." Also making an appearance in Adam McKay's Academy Award nominated The Big Short.

- IMDb mini biography by: J. Miller