Darrell Britt-Gibson

Darrell Hadari Britt-Gibson (born May 8, 1987) is an American actor, known for his role as Darius "O-Dog" Hill on the HBO series The Wire. He has also appeared on the Showtime series Californication, the Starz series Power, the FX series You're the Worst, and the HBO series Barry. He has also starred in the films Keanu (2016), 20th Century Women (2016), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

Darrell Britt-Gibson
Britt-Gibson at the Miami International Film Festival in October 2016
Born	Darrell Hadari Britt-Gibson May 8, 1985 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Early life

Britt-Gibson was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is the son of author and journalist Donna Britt and her first husband, Greg Gibson.[1] Britt-Gibson has one older brother, Justin Britt-Gibson, a screenwriter,[2][3] and one younger half-brother, Skye Merida, from his mother's remarriage to newspaper editor Kevin Merida. He attended Hampton University and thereafter transferred to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he studied theater.[4]

Career

Britt-Gibson at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016

Britt-Gibson made his acting debut in the recurring role of Darius "O-Dog" Hill on HBO's crime drama television series The Wire, starring in 8 episodes from 2006 to 2008.[1] He then appeared in the film Toe to Toe (2009) as Leron, and 2 episodes of the web series Monday Wednesday Friday, also writing one of the episodes in which he starred.[5] He has also guest starred in episodes of many television series, such as Southland, Shameless, The Bridge, and Major Crimes.

In 2014, Britt-Gibson had recurring roles on the series Californication as Darrell, Power as Rolla, and You're the Worst as Shitstain. Britt-Gibson was cast in the pilot of ABC's crime drama series Wicked City in the role of Diver Hawkes, but was subsequently recast after the pilot was ordered to series.[6] In 2016, he co-starred in the comedy film Keanu, portraying the role of Trunk.[7] Darrell was voted one of the sexiest new talents in Hollywood in 2016 and is a prominent feature on the red carpet events.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Toe to Toe	Leron
2012	Man vs. Automated Phone System	Man	Short film; also producer
2013	W.M.D.	Other Guy
2014	Squatters	Teen #2
2016	Soy Nero	Private Compton
	Keanu	Trunk
	20th Century Women	Julian	Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2017	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Jerome	Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
2018	The Unicorn	Charlie
2019	Just Mercy	Darnell Houston
2021	Judas and the Black Messiah	Bobby Rush	Completed
	Silk Road	Rayford	Completed
	Fear Street		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2008	The Wire	Darius "O-Dog" Hill	8 episodes
2011	Monday Wednesday Friday	Darrell	2 episodes; also writer
2012	Southland	Kid	Episode: "God's Work"
2013	Shameless	Nick	Episode: "Cascading Failures"
2013	Uproxx Video	Lenny Bailor	3 episodes
2013	The Bridge	Waiter	Episode: "The Beetle"
2013	Major Crimes	Shorty Wallace	Episode: "Risk Assessment"
2014	Californication	Darrell	6 episodes
2014	Power	Rolla	4 episodes
2014–2017	You're the Worst	Dale "Shitstain"	17 episodes
2017	Powerless	Anton	Episode: "Cold Season"
2018–2019	Barry	Jermaine	8 episodes

References

1. Britt, Donna (March 10, 2008). "My Son the Drug Enforcer". The Root. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
2. Inskeep, Steve (March 22, 2012). "A Mom's Advice To Her Young, Black Sons". NPR.
3. Shady, Justin (December 2, 2011). "Britt-Gibson: Tough guys inspire hard-edged screenplays". Variety.
4. Smith, Jada F. (June 4, 2010). "Young Hustle: Up and Coming Gen Yers". The Root. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
5. Berron, Monica. "UMBC Magazine: Summer 2011 – Gag Reels". UMBC. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
6. Andreeva, Nellie (February 25, 2015). "Taissa Farmiga & Darrell Britt-Gibson Cast In ABC Pilot 'L.A. Crime'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
7. Pedersen, Erik (June 3, 2015). "Josh Harto Finds 'Gold'; Raul Castillo Joins 'Special Correspondents' – Film Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 7, 2015.

External links

• Darrell Britt-Gibson at IMDb