Mamoudou Athie is an Emmy-nominated actor based in Los Angeles, California.
Athie was most recently seen in Yorgos Lanthimos’s film KINDS OF KINDNESS for
Searchlight alongside Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley.
Last fall, Mamoudou starred in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, James Ijames's GOOD BONES at the Public Theater. He will next be seen in Kristoffer Borgli's newest film, THE DRAMA, in which he stars alongside Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. He also starred in Amanda Kramer’s BY DESIGN which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Prior to this, he wrapped WARDRIVER for writer-director Becca Thomas.
As a talented voice actor, Athie was also involved in two highly acclaimed animated films in 2023. First, he led Pixar’s animated feature ELEMENTAL as the voice of Wade Ripple, opposite Leah Lewis’ Ember Lumen. The film was released on June 16, 2023 and closed the prestigious Cannes Film Festival a month prior.
ELEMENTAL went on to receive a Best Animated Film nomination from the Academy Awards. Additionally, Athie recorded a supporting role for Hayao Miyazaki’s latest project, THE BOY AND THE HERON, alongside Christian Bale, Gemma Chan, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh. The film has broken records as the first original anime title in history to top the North American box office chart and is now Miyazaki’s top grossing film domestically. The Boy and the Heron also received a nomination for an Academy Award. Meaning Athie was involved in two of the five films in the Best Animated Feature category.
Additionally, in 2023, Athie starred in Maggie Betts’ drama feature THE BURIAL for Amazon Prime Video, which debuted at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and received critical acclaim. The ensemble cast includes Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jurnee Smollett. In 2022, Athie starred alongside Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jeff Goldblum in Universal and Colin Trevorrow’s JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, which brought in $143 million at the box office for its opening. It has generated over $1 billion globally since its release. That same year, he also led the James Wan produced Netflix series ARCHIVE 81, which premiered #1 on Netflix.
Athie was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in A Short Form Comedy or
Drama Series for his role in the FX series, OH JEROME, NO. He is also well-known for his lead performance in Prentice Penny’s feature UNCORKED for Netflix opposite Courtney B. Vance, which has been applauded by critics and audiences alike.
His resume also includes roles in BLACK BOX from Amazon and Blumhouse, Jason
Reitman’s THE FRONT RUNNER opposite Hugh Jackman, two seasons of James
Ponsoldt’s Facebook series SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS opposite Elizabeth Olsen, Netflix’s UNICORN STORE opposite Brie Larson, the breakout Sundance hit PATTI CAKE$, and Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix series THE GET DOWN.
Athie graduated from Yale School of Drama’s MFA program and was given the RISING
STAR honor at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017.