Mamoudou Athie

Mamoudou Athie ( ; born 1988) is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in the feature films Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81. He has also had supporting roles in many films, including The Burial (2023) and Kinds of Kindness (2024), as well as in the television series Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), the FXX anthology Cake (2019), and others. He voiced Wade Ripple in the Pixar animated film Elemental (2023). He has also appeared in several stage productions.

Early life and education Mamadou Athie was born in 1988 in Mauritania, the son of a diplomat father who received political asylum in the U.S. when Athie was six months old. Athie grew up in New Carrollton, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C.

Career Athie began his career in theater, starring off-Broadway in 2015 in The Mystery of Love and Sex.

He had supporting roles in the films Patti Cake$ (2017), The Circle (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), The Front Runner (2018), Underwater (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), The Burial (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024).

He also starred in the television series The Get Down (2016–2017), The Detour (2017), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and the FXX anthology Cake (2019).

He had his first feature film starring roles in 2020, starring in Uncorked and Black Box, and had the leading role in the Netflix horror series Archive 81 (2022).

He also voiced Wade Ripple in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Madam Secretary Staffer Episode: "The Ninth Circle" 2016 Me & Mean Margaret Charles Unsold pilot 2016–2017 The Get Down Grandmaster Flash Recurring role 2017 The Detour Carl Recurring role (season 2) 2018–2019 Sorry for Your Loss Matt Greer Main cast2019 CakeJerome Recurring role (season 1) Oh Jerome, No Main cast, miniseries 2022 Archive 81 Dan Turner Main cast 2023 Strange Planet Being #1 (voice) Episode: "Key Change"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Ramsey Cole Biosyn Dominion expansion

Theater Selected professional credits