Aaron Pierre is a British actor whose rapid rise to prominence has made him one of the most in-demand leading men of the mid-2020s. He voiced the young lion prince in Barry Jenkins’s 2024 Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King, and stars as John Stewart, the disciplined former Marine turned Green Lantern, in DC Studios’ television series Lanterns alongside Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan, a role that followed swiftly after his breakout leading performance as a former military specialist in Jeremy Saulnier’s acclaimed Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge.
Pierre also played Malcolm X in the anthology series Genius: MLK/X, and earned earlier attention for his role as Caesar in Barry Jenkins’s The Underground Railroad and as Dev-Em in the DC series Krypton. A graduate of the prestigious LAMDA drama school in London, Pierre’s combination of physical intensity and emotional restraint has drawn comparisons to some of the finest character-driven leading men of the past decade.
His swift move from acclaimed Netflix thriller work into two major franchise roles within DC and Disney’s biggest properties in the space of a single year has made him one of the most closely watched rising stars among collectors looking to get ahead of the next generation of major franchise talent.
