Merrick McCartha

Merrick McCartha is an American actor who appeared on television shows such as All American (2020–2021), Countdown, Criminal Minds (2012–2015), Rebel (2017) and Unstable (2023). His film credits include Failure! (2023), Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023), If You Should Leave Before Me (2025), and The Playground (2017).

Personal life McCartha grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He discovered he had a knack for performance in elementary school but his parents, who were police officers, did not want him to take on acting as a career. He attended Cass Technical High School and pursued an engineering career after college. He later took acting classes and signed with an agency in Los Angeles, California.

Career In 2011, McCartha was runner-up in a Backstage actors pitch contest that received over 100 submissions. In 2017, he was cast in the San Diego International Fringe Festival and portrayed Deacon Avery Silver in Rebel by producer John Singleton for the BET Network. McCartha was cast in the film Anatomy of an Antihero: Redemption in 2018 and as Robert Hicks in All American in 2021. co-starred with Ted Raimi in Alex Kahuam's crime comedy film Failure! which premiered at FrightFest, and appeared in Tony Olmos' microbudget horror satire film Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea. and co-starred in the Andersons' debut film If You Should Leave Before Me, which premiered at Raindance Film Festival.

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