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Kendrick Sampson

Kendrick Sampson
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About

Kendrick Sampson (born March 8, 1988, Houston, Texas) is an American actor, producer, and activist, best known for playing Nathan Campbell on HBO's Insecure and for portraying Quincy Jones in Antoine Fuqua's record-breaking biopic Michael (2026). In 2019 he co-founded BLD PWR, a nonprofit that mobilizes the entertainment industry around social justice and community empowerment. His work on Insecure earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2022.

Born:
8 March 1988 (38 years)
Place of birth:
Houston, Texas, USA
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$217M
worldwide box office of Michael film for the first weekend (record for music biopics)
$846M+
total worldwide box office of Michael film (2026)

What's new

  • 2026-04

    Sampson portrayed Quincy Jones in the biographical film Michael (directed by Antoine Fuqua), which premiered on April 24, 2026 and became the historically most successful music biopic with a worldwide box office of over 217 million dollars in its first weekend.

  • 2026-06

    Sampson told The Credits in an interview how he prepared for the role of Quincy Jones in just two days and drew inspiration from personal meetings with the legendary producer.

  • 2025-09

    Sampson organized the BLD PWR Day 2025 event in Houston, a pre-Juneteenth community gathering in the Ion District aimed at political mobilization of the African American community.

  • 2025-06

    Sampson is expanding the activities of the nonprofit BLD PWR as a central hub for resource sharing and organizing marginalized communities.

Tracks

Insecure (HBO, 2018-2021)role of Nathan Campbell in an Emmy-nominated series; NAACP Image Award nomination 2022
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC, 2014-2020)recurring role in Shonda Rhimes' legal thriller
Michael (2026)role of Quincy Jones in the record-breaking biographical film about Michael Jackson
Miss Juneteenth (2020)role of Ronnie in an award-winning independent drama
I Am a Virgo (Amazon, 2023)surrealist satire by Boots Riley, Sampson's personal favorite project

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