Who is Jaden Michael?

Actor Jaden Michael is is on therise.

The young Afro-Latinx is nabbingroles left and right, it seems.With over 17,000 followerson Instagram, Michael isonly 17 years old.He was born onOctober 5, 2003in New York City.His family is from the Dominican Republic,a Spanish-speaking island in the Caribbean.He had a recurring role asRafe in Baz Lurhmann’s Netflixmusical series “The Get Down”.He also started alongside Viola Davisand Ellen Burstyn in “Custody”.Michael also voices the cartoon wormLucas on Amazon’s “The Bug Diaries”.Most recently he starred asMiguel Martinez in the 2020 gentrification-as-horror film “Vampires vs.

The Bronx”.But Michael’s next role is pretty major.

He’ll star as ayoung Colin Kaepernick in “Colin in Black & White”.Kaepernick will narrate, while Ava Duvernaywill produce, as well as direct the first episode