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Marcus Folaji Ajose

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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Marcus Ajose is an award winning actor and producer(Being Black Enough) who was raised in Southern California. He has Guest starred opposite William H. Macy & Ethan Cutkosky in Showtime's Shameless and starred in Cannes Film Festival short Discharge. He began acting at the age of 16. Marcus attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Los Angeles Film School in which he earned an Associate degree in Filmmaking and a Bachelors degree in Entertainment Business.
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    Known for

    Night Terrors (2015)
    Night Terrors
    8.6
    Short
    • Erik
    • 2015
    Being Black Enough (2017)
    Being Black Enough
    5.8
    • Barry
    • 2017
    Hey Sarah (2022)
    Hey Sarah
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2022
    Discharge (2018)
    Discharge
    Short
    • Max
    • 2018

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    Actor



    • Hire A Man Agency
      TV Series
      • Job Seeker 1
      • 2021
    • Discharge (2018)
      Discharge
      Short
      • Max
      • 2018
    • Being Black Enough (2017)
      Being Black Enough
      5.8
      • Barry
      • 2017
    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Lamar (as Marcus Ajose)
      • 2016
    • Marcus Folaji Ajose, Whitney Hice, Ryan Yniguez, and Anthony Mendola in Oversight (2015)
      Oversight
      Short
      • Bruce McClaine
      • 2015
    • Night Terrors (2015)
      Night Terrors
      8.6
      Short
      • Erik
      • 2015
    • Subject 1 (2014)
      Subject 1
      Short
      • Henry
      • 2014
    • No Love Lost (2013)
      No Love Lost
      Short
      • Hitman
      • 2013

    Producer



    • Hey Sarah (2022)
      Hey Sarah
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Being Black Enough (2017)
      Being Black Enough
      5.8
      • associate producer
      • 2017
    • Night Terrors (2015)
      Night Terrors
      8.6
      Short
      • co-producer
      • producer
      • 2015
    • The Midnightmare
      Short
      • executive producer (uncredited)
      • 2014

    Writer



    • Marcus Folaji Ajose, Whitney Hice, Ryan Yniguez, and Anthony Mendola in Oversight (2015)
      Oversight
      Short
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Night Terrors (2015)
      Night Terrors
      8.6
      Short
      • writer
      • 2015

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    Being Black Enough or (How To Kill A Black Man)
    Trailer 1:21
    Being Black Enough or (How To Kill A Black Man)
    Discharge Short Film Trailer
    Trailer 0:31
    Discharge Short Film Trailer
    Discharge Short Film Trailer
    Trailer 0:31
    Discharge Short Film Trailer

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    • Alternative name
      • Marcus Ajose
    • Other works
      Stage Play: Hurry Up and Wait - Playing Dwayne/Private O'Malley and Co-Writer - Lee Strasberg Creative Center, West Hollywood, CA. USA

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