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Donny Carrington is an award-winning American actor, stunt performer and producer who has enjoyed success in top-rated TV and box-office film, including Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man: No Way Home, HBO's Emmy Award-winning Watchmen, and Universal Pictures' Furious 7, to name a few.

This year, Carrington can be seen acting alongside Dwayne' The Rock' Johnson in the upcoming Warner Bros. DC superhero film, Black Adam, from director Jaume Collet-Serra. The film follows Black Adam (Johnson), who was once bestowed with the Almighty powers of the Egyptian gods, freed after nearly 5,000 years of imprisonment, and is ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Carrington can next be seen in the Antoine Fuqua-directed Apple TV+ film Emancipation, starring Academy Award-winning actor Will Smith, the A24 action epic Silver War, starring Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura (Narcos), and stunt doubling Jesse Williams in the upcoming Paramount Pictures' action film Secret Headquarters, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman.

As a nominee and two-time SAG-award-winning stunt performer in an ensemble cast for Marvel's Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther, Carrington is one of the few young African-American stunt actors contributing to movie success at the box office, including five of the top 15 highest-grossing films of all-time with $11.5 billion globally across features.

Additionally, he has stunt-doubled Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges in Furious 7 and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft. Other film credits include Amazon Studios' Coming 2 America and The Tomorrow Wars, Sony Pictures' Baby Driver, DC's The Suicide Squad, Christopher Nolan's Tenet, Universal Pictures' Ride Along 2, and Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay.

On the television side, Carrington can be seen acting in Fox's 9-1-1 as 911 dispatcher Antoine Banks. He can also be seen starring in the major recurring role of Red in Tyler Perry Studios' male exotic drama All the Queen's Men and as Officer Freddie Nelson in the new dramedy Johnson. He has previously starred as Arden in OWN's drama series Ambitions, created by Will Packer and James Giddens, and Gary Michael in the Bobbi Kristina biopic.

Carrington appeared on CW's fan-favorite superhero and fantasy supernatural dramas, DC's Black Lightning, The Originals and The Vampire Diaries, with additional television credits including CBS' MacGyver, Marvel's Luke Cage, Cloak & Dagger, Powers and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, FX's award-winning comedy-drama Atlanta and the Starz strip-club drama P-Valley.

Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Carrington is the son of Jaqueline Denise Carrington and Donny Rogers Carrington and spent many of his formative years in Jonesboro, Georgia, just southeast of Atlanta. It was evident that Carrington's colorful personality, full of charisma and humor, superior athletic abilities, ambition and love for the performing arts would destine him for success. He quickly developed the keen ability to nurture his talents through involvement in local youth organizations, community theater and athletics, immersing himself in acting and entertainment.

Carrington began his acting career in 2011, performing stunts in the indie sports drama Field of Vision while working behind the scenes in television as a production assistant. During this time, he gained invaluable on-set experience, which gave him a more profound desire to act and ultimately helped him discover a new love for producing and directing.

When Carrington is not on set, he enjoys spending quality time with his family and friends, traveling, playing and watching sports, brand building and entrepreneurship, collaborating with fellow filmmakers and developing original content through his company, Tobano Vision. He is also an avid supporter of black businesses and giving back through community service and peer mentoring.

Carrington currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.