Jarryl Fordham

Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1990, Jarryl comes from a large family of actors, writers & musicians. He was raised as (and mostly identifies) a middle child on his mothers side, where he is the 2nd born & the 2nd boy and has a younger sister. On his father's side he's the 7th of 8. He grew up very comfortable with the theatre, he grew up in a number of choirs & plays. And in his family he grew up seeing his grandfather (Booker Hinton), his aunt (Aimee K. Bryant) sing & act in musical theatre performances in Minnesotta, and his cousin (Thomas Harris) write, produce, direct & act in plays and his own films. His 1st experience on a set was on the film Sparkle, shot in Detroit in 2011, he worked 3 days on 3 different scenes.He is a continuously working writer, producer, actor, & voiceover artist. He dreams of his own production studio and to help establish more film production in Detroit